TABLE 3.
Sensitivities of four M. pneumoniae EIAs in 13 pairs of acute- and convalescent-phase serum samples from patients with positive M. pneumoniae PCR results (group I)
| Patient group | No. of serum samples | Immunoglobulin | No. (%) of serum samples positive by:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIA-Platelia
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EIA-Sorin
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EIA-BMD
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EIA-Biotest
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| Acute phase | Convalescent phase | Acute phase | Convalescent phase | Acute phase | Convalescent phase | Acute phase | Convalescent phase | |||
| Children | 6 | IgG | 0 | 4 (66) | 2 (33) | 5 (83) | 3 (50) | 5 (83) | 3 (50) | 5 (83) |
| IgM | 2 (33) | 4 (66) | 4 (66) | 5 (83) | 4 (66) | 5 (83) | 4 (66) | 5 (83) | ||
| Adults | 7 | IgG | 2 (29) | 6 (86) | 2 (29) | 6 (86) | 5 (71) | 5 (71) | 5 (71) | 6 (86) |
| IgM | 0 | 1 (14) | 2 (29) | 4 (57) | 0 (0) | 1 (14) | 4 (57) | 5 (71) | ||
| Total | 13 | IgG | 2 (15) | 10 (77) | 4 (31) | 11 (84) | 8 (61) | 10 (77) | 8 (61) | 11 (85) |
| IgM | 2 (15) | 5 (38) | 6 (46) | 9 (69) | 4 (31) | 6 (46) | 8 (61) | 10 (77) | ||