title: Serodiagnosis of Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus complex pulmonary disease by use of IgA antibodies to glycopeptidolipid core antigen.
abstract: An enzyme immunoassay kit that detects serum IgA antibody reacting to glycopeptidolipid core antigen derived from Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) was not useful for differentiating MAC pulmonary disease (PD) from Mycobacterium abscessus complex PD (MAB-PD). However, this assay could be useful for differentiating MAC- and MAB-PD from pulmonary tuberculosis. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under registration no. NCT00970801.).
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Byeong-Ho
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Su-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyeongman
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Soo-Youn
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Won-Jung
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Koh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D007070:Immunoglobulin A