The serological diagnosis ofMycoplasma pneumoniaeinfection: a comparison of complement fixation, haemagglutination and immunofluorescence
- 19 October 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 95 (2) , 345-352
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400062768
Abstract
SUMMARY: A total of 193 sera were examined for antibody toMycoplasma pneumoniaeby three techniques – complement fixation (CF), haemagglutination (HA) and immunofluorescence (IF), the last method being used to assess IgM, IgG and IgA antibodies. The most reliable single test for diagnosis was HA, and the most useful combination of tests was HA with IF (IgM and IgG). The IgA IF was not found to be diagnostically helpful.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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