[Positive phase periods of ImmunoCard Mycoplasma tests].
We evaluated the positive phase period of ImmunoCard Mycoplasma tests. The subjects were 74 penumonia patients (male : 38, female : 36, 17-94 years old) with positive ImmunoCard Mycoplasma tests. ImmunoCard Mycoplasma tests were performed every week for 8 weeks later, then every 4 weeks until negative conversion. The positive phase period was within a week in 30 of 74 patients (40.5%) and within 4 weeks in 52 patients (70.3%). In each generation the positive phase period of the most patients was within a week. The positive phase period of the elderly had no tendency to be longer than that of the young patients. These results indicated that about half of the patients with positive ImmunoCard Mycoplasma tests showed Mycoplasma infection which occurred within the past 1 week.
Center of Respiratory Diseases, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki Hospital.
Niro
N
Okimoto
Takashi
T
Kibayashi
Michihiro
M
Kishimoto
Kenji
K
Yamato
Takeyuki
T
Kurihara
Kimihiro
K
Mimura
Yoshihiro
Y
Honda
Kohichi
K
Osaki
Naoko
N
Asaoka
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000276:immunology*