Microbiologia Medica (Jun 2008)

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

  • Massimo De Paschale,
  • Luisa Belvisi,
  • Debora Cagnin,
  • Teresa Cerulli,
  • Maria Teresa Manco,
  • Laura Marinoni,
  • Alessia Paganini,
  • Pierangelo Clerici

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2008.2584
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 2

Abstract

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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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