Evaluation of false-positive reaction with ELISA for the detection of Chlamydophila pneumoniae-specific IgM antibody in adults

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-151

  Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Kawai, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Tetsuya ^a   Ouchi, Kazunobu ^a   Kobashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Oka, Mikio ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950686766     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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