Necessity of External Quality Control for anti-Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgM antibodies

We evaluated the correlation among four commercial ELISA tests for the presence of anti-Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgM antibodies in 36 samples obtained from patients with respiratory infections.The overall concordance among the four tests was 30%, while the one among single tests varies from 39% to 75%....

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Main Authors: Massimo De Paschale, Luisa Belvisi, Debora Cagnin, Teresa Cerulli, Maria Teresa Manco, Laura Marinoni, Alessia Paganini, Pierangelo Clerici
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2008-06-01
Series:Microbiologia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/2584