Possible influence of antibiotic therapy on usefulness of metabolic inhibition test for diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections.
Certain antibiotics, if in serum, simulate specific antibody in the metabolic inhibition test for diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. This effect is not eliminated by presence of serum or heat treatment.
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003470:Culture Media; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006736:Horses; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D007106:Immune Sera