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. 1971 Jan;21(1):160–161. doi: 10.1128/am.21.1.160-161.1971

Possible Influence of Antibiotic Therapy on Usefulness of Metabolic Inhibition Test for Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections

Thomas F Smith 1, Ernest C Herrmann Jr 1
PMCID: PMC377140  PMID: 5099762

Abstract

Certain antibiotics, if in serum, simulate specific antibody in the metabolic inhibition test for diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. This effect is not eliminated by presence of serum or heat treatment.

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