Assay of Chlamydia pneumoniae-specific IgM antibodies by ELISA method-reduction of non-specific reaction and resetting of serological criteria by measuring IgM antibodies-

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 260-264

  Kishimoto, Toshio ^a,e   Ando, Shuji ^a   Numazaki, Kei ^a   Ouchi, Kazunobu ^b   Yamazaki, Tsutomu ^c   Nakahama, Chikara ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Nakahama Clinic   (Japan)

^e Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; BLOOD; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449085931     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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