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. 1993 Apr;31(4):1013–1015. doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.4.1013-1015.1993

Comparison of the Seradyn Color Vue passive agglutination test and complement fixation for detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae antibodies.

D S Leland 1, K A Barth 1, E B Cunningham 1
PMCID: PMC263608  PMID: 8463381

Abstract

We compared traditional complement fixation (CF) with a new passive agglutination method, the Seradyn Color Vue (SCV) test (Seradyn, Indianapolis, Ind.), for detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae antibodies in 170 stored serum samples. The SCV test was 90% sensitive in identifying as positive 27 of 30 CF high-titer (> or = 1:64) serum samples and 100% specific in identifying as negative 134 of 134 CF low-titer (< or = 1:32) or negative (< 1:8) serum samples. The SCV test was technically undemanding, and it required no expensive equipment.

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