Evaluation of 10 serological assays for diagnosing Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-137

  Busson, Laurent ^a   Van den Wijngaert, Sigi ^a   Dahma, Hafid ^a   Decolvenaer, Marc ^a   Di Cesare, Lina ^a   Martin, Agnes ^a   Vasseur, Liesbet ^a   Vandenberg, Olivier ^a,b  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Liaison; Medac; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Serelogy; SeroMP

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877797546     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.02.027     Document Type: Article

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