TABLE 2.
Sensitivities of EIAs for detection of M. pneumoniae IgG and IgM antibodies in sera from 39 patients with positive M. pneumoniae PCR results (group I)
| Patient group | No. of serum samples | Immunoglobulin | No (%) of serum samples positive bya:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIA-Platelia | EIA-Sorin | EIA-BMD | EIA-Biotest | |||
| Children | 27 | IgG | 15 (55) | 14 (52) | 18 (66) | 21 (78) |
| IgM | 24 (89) | 25 (92) | 25 (92) | 24 (89) | ||
| Adults | 12 | IgG | 10 (83) | 9 (75) | 9 (75) | 9 (75) |
| IgM | 2 (16) | 7 (58) | 2 (16) | 6 (50) | ||
| Total | 39 | IgG | 25 (64) | 23 (59) | 27 (69) | 30 (77) |
| IgM | 26 (66) | 32 (82) | 27 (69) | 30 (77) | ||
a
Convalescent- and/or acute-phase serum samples.