Comparison of ELISA and indirect immunofluorescent antibody assay detecting Coxiella burnetii IgM phase II for the diagnosis of acute Q fever

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1267-1270

  Meekelenkamp, J C E ^a   Schneeberger, P M ^a   Wever, P C ^a   Leenders, A C A P ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863857049     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1438-0     Document Type: Article

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