title: Immunoglobulin specificity of the microagglutination test for the Legionnaires' disease bacterium.
abstract: Differences in results of microagglutination tests for the Legionnaires' disease bacterium on untreated sera and sera treated with 2-mercaptoethanol suggest that, like other agglutination tests, the microagglutination test is heavily dependent on the presence of IgM antibody.
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D008623:Mercaptoethanol / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D008623:Mercaptoethanol