Evaluation of an indirect haemagglutination kit for the rapid serological diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections.
A recently introduced indirect haemagglutination kit for the detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae antibodies is compared with the standard method complement fixation. It is concluded that the kit provides a rapid, simple, and moderately sensitive means of detecting antibodies and, in some cases, enables these to be detected in the early, acute stage of infection.
D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology