DOI: 10.1128/JCM.36.11.3155-3159.1998
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Results for patients positive for serum IgM antibodies toM. pneumoniae by Platelia μ-capture immunoassaya
Group and patient no. Age (yr) PCR and detection Culture Acute-phase serum Interval (days) Convalescent-phase serum Gel Probe Mp IgGb Mp IgMc CA titer Mp IgGb Mp IgMc CA titer High IgG titer 1 8.9 Neg. Pos. Pos. >100 4.73 128 26 100 4.64 16 2 10.6 Neg. Neg. Neg. 48 1.36 <8 22 52 1.54 <8 3 12.6 Neg. Neg. Neg. 90 4.22 256 27 >100 2.44 64 4 3.2 Neg. Neg. Neg. 80 2.65 <8 30 90 2.32 <8 5 9.0 Neg. Neg. Neg. 43 1.75 32 24 30 1.92 <8 Significant IgG titer increase 6 2.4 ND ND ND 54 6.10 64 22 >100 3.15 32 7 9.0 Neg. Neg. ND 33 1.64 32 24 95 1.24 16 8 10.1 Neg. Neg. Neg. 25 4.83 512 27 65 3.84 128 9 9.3 Neg. Neg. Neg. 25 2.36 128 26 50 2.00 16 10 5.3 Neg. Neg. Neg. 15 2.14 512 28 51 2.37 64 IgG seroconversion 11 5.3 Pos. Pos. Pos. 0 0.64 8 28 27 2.36 8 12 11.8 Pos. Pos. ND 1 2.48 <8 32 45 3.39 <8 13 0.5 Pos. Pos. Neg. 0 1.26 <8 23 25 2.37 <8 14 10.2 Pos. Pos. ND 6 4.03 64 17 25 4.79 16 15 10.5 Neg. Pos. Pos. 0 0.47 <8 32 30 4.63 256 16 11.7 Neg. Pos. Pos. 6 2.69 128 40 65 3.45 128 17 1.9 Neg. Pos. Pos. 0 0.96 <8 26 >100 3.66 <8 18 8.1 ND ND ND 4 1.22 ND 31 80 1.58 128 19 8.4 ND ND ND 0 0.52 <8 49 55 1.10 <8 Insignificant IgG titer increased 20 5.5 Pos. Pos. Pos. 6 1.31 <8 26 16 1.42 <8 21 9.1 Pos. Pos. Pos. 0 1.61 256 18 7 5.37 512 22 4.1 Neg.e Neg. Pos. 9 0.69 ND 21 10 5.34 ND 23 10.5 ND ND ND 4 3.60 128 16 14 4.66 ND 24 7.3 Neg.e Neg. Neg. 4 2.58 256 25 9 2.82 16 Insignificant IgG level 25 5.7 ND ND ND 2 1.09 <8 25 3 1.26 <8 26 2.6 Neg. Neg. Neg. 6 1.22 <8 24 6 1.23 <8 27 1.4 Neg. Neg. Neg. 7 1.93 8 30 7 1.25 <8 28 1.6 Neg. Neg. Neg. 0 1.10 <8 25 0 1.11 <8 29 12.8 ND ND ND 3 0.62 <8 19 4 1.20 16 ↵a Abbreviations: Mp, M. pneumoniae; CA, cold agglutinin; ND, not done; Neg., negative; Pos., positive.
↵b Values are in arbitrary units; see Materials and Methods for definitions.
↵c Specimen value/cutoff control value; positive level, ≥1.00.
↵d IgM result confirmed by Serion IgM test.
↵e Specimen invalid for PCR (not amplified with β-globin primers).