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

Autor: Massimo De Paschale, Luisa Belvisi, Debora Cagnin, Teresa Cerulli, Maria Teresa Manco, Laura Marinoni, Alessia Paganini, Pierangelo Clerici
Jazyk: English<br />Italian
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Microbiologia Medica, Vol 23, Iss 2 (2008)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2280-6423
DOI: 10.4081/mm.2008.2584
Popis: 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%. Given the variability of the results, it is necessary to implement a External Quality Control specific for anti-Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgM antibodies.
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