Incidence of antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae at a Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae indirect immunofluorescent antibody titers were determined on the sera of 104 patients. Four patients (3.9%) had titers of 1:128+, suggesting active or recent M pneumoniae infections. A retrospective review of complement fixation M pneumoniae and Cold Agglutinin test results, along with the current data, suggests that 0.4% to 5.7% of our patients have recent or active M pneumoniae infections.
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D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial