Infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae: clinical and serological data on 286 patients.
In a 14-month period from January, 1971, 286 patients, referred for investigation of a variety of illnesses, were found to have complement-fixing antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae to a titre of 1:32 or greater. Clinical findings in these patients are presented in a form which relates them to different antibody levels. Patients with central nervous system disease are described in some detail and the occurence of rash, arthropathy and a variety of other syndromes is noted. The suggestion is made that low-titred M. pneumoniae antibody appears as an anamnestic response to infection with other agents.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000276:immunology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000276:immunology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral