Comparison of four commercially available assays for the detection of IgM phase II antibodies to Coxiella burnetii in the diagnosis of acute Q fever.
Four commercially available serological assays for the detection of IgM phase II antibodies in patients with acute Q fever infection were compared using a panel of 23 serum samples from patients with acute Q fever and 88 control sera from blood donors.
Frangoulidis
Dimitrios
D
Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Neuherbergstr. 11, 80937 Munich, Germany. DimitriosFrangoulidis@Bundeswehr.org
Schröpfer
Elmar
E
Al Dahouk
Sascha
S
Tomaso
Herbert
H
Meyer
Hermann
H
D000208:Acute Disease; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood*; D011778:Q Fever / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007075:Immunoglobulin M