Seroreactivity to Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila: lack of a statistically significant relationship.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-1981
Abstract
We reviewed antibody titers to Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila serogroup I in sera from 1,060 cases of acute respiratory infection to determine whether there was an association in seroreactivity to these organisms. Of the 170 serum pairs with antibodies to L. pneumophila (35 seroconversions and 135 with presumptive titers), 32 (18.8%) demonstrated seroreactivity to M. pneumoniae (17 seroconversions and 15 with presumptive titers). This frequency was not significantly greater than the seroreactivity to M. pneumoniae observed in sera without antibodies to L. pneumophila (17.5%) (0.05 less than P less than 0.10), which included 111 seroconversions and 45 sera with presumptive titers.
Volume
13
Issue
6
First Page
1096
Last Page
1098
ISSN
0095-1137
Published In/Presented At
Renner, E. D., Helms, C. M., Hall, N. H., Johnson, W., Wong, Y. W., & Lattimer, G. L. (1981). Seroreactivity to Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila: lack of a statistically significant relationship. Journal of clinical microbiology, 13(6), 1096–1098. https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.13.6.1096-1098.1981
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
6788797
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article