title: Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection by microparticle agglutination and antibody-capture enzyme-immunoassay.
abstract: The performance of two new commercial assays for the serological diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection (microparticle agglutination and antibody-capture enzyme-immunoassay) was studied using a panel of 169 serum samples from patients with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia and a control group. Both assays were shown to be sensitive and specific for diagnosis. The performance of the capture immunoassay, however, decreased in older patients, probably due to its inability to detect cases of reinfection without IgM antibody response.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Virología e Immunología Sanitarias, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Echevarría
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: León
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balfagón
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Fernández
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D012698:Serologic Tests
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M