The validity of the criteria for primary infection of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in children by measuring ELISA IgM antibodies

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-312

  Kamata, Ayako ^a,b   Obinata, Kaoru ^a,c   Niizuma, Takahiro ^a   Kinoshita, Keiji ^a   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^b  

^a Department of Surgery Koshigaya Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY URAYASU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Immunoglobulin M; Primary infection; Serological diagnosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; VALIDITY;

EID: 84863310511     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-011-0327-x     Document Type: Article

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