TABLE 5.
Anti-M. pneumoniae IgG and IgM antibodies in sera of 61 clinically healthy persons (group II)
| Patient group | No. of serum samples | Immunoglobulin | No (%) of serum samples positive by:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIA-Platelia | EIA-Sorin | EIA-BMD | EIA-Biotest | |||
| Children | 40 | IgG | 8 (20) | 7 (17) | 18 (45) | 18 (45) |
| IgM | 0 (0) | 33 (82) | 3 (7.5) | 6 (15) | ||
| Adults | 21 | IgG | 9 (43) | 14 (66) | 14 (66) | 15 (71) |
| IgM | 1 (4.7) | 12 (57) | 1 (4.7) | 3 (14) | ||
| Total | 61 | IgG | 17 (28) | 21 (34) | 32 (52) | 33 (54) |
| IgM | 1 (1.6) | 45 (74) | 4 (6.5) | 9 (15) | ||