Serodiagnosis of Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus complex pulmonary disease by use of IgA antibodies to glycopeptidolipid core antigen

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Aug;51(8):2747-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00702-13. Epub 2013 Jun 5.

Abstract

An enzyme immunoassay kit that detects serum IgA antibody reacting to glycopeptidolipid core antigen derived from Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) was not useful for differentiating MAC pulmonary disease (PD) from Mycobacterium abscessus complex PD (MAB-PD). However, this assay could be useful for differentiating MAC- and MAB-PD from pulmonary tuberculosis. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under registration no. NCT00970801.).

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
  • Antigens, Bacterial*
  • Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin A / blood*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Serologic Tests / methods

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Immunoglobulin A

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00970801