[Evaluation of the effectiveness of serodiagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections by ELISA in Poland in 2006-2008].
This study analyses the results of over 15 thousand patients tested by ELISA against the presence of antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Poland in 2006-2008. Most of the tested patients were hospital-treated children with lower respiratory tract infections or pneumonia. The positive results of ELISA were obtained in 4.513 (29.6%) patients. Among them IgG and IgM antibodies were diagnosed in 24.0%, antibodies only class IgG in 44.0% and only IgM in 32.0% of cases. The results of our study showed the oversensitivity of serodiagnosis of mycoplasmosis based only on the presence in the tested sera of IgG antibodies.
Zaklad Bakteriologii NIZP-PZH w Warszawie.
Stanisław
S
Kałuzewski
Waldemar
W
Rastawicki
Ewa
E
Namysł
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods*