immunoglobulin M
Persistence of immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M antibodies after postnatal rubella infection determined by solid phase radioimmunoassay
... Demonstration of a recent viral infection by the determination of specific immunoglobulin M IgM antibodies is dependent upon knowing the "normal" persistence of these antibodies after an[r] ...
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Kinetics of circulating immunoglobulin M in sepsis: relationship with final outcome
... polyvalent immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies that are of crucial importance for the opso- nization and the subsequent rapid clearance of the in- vading microorganisms ...
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Early Diagnosis of Leptospirosis by Immunoglobulin M Immunoblot Testing
... sensitivities of reported serologic tests with acceptable levels of specificity are ⱕ 72% for acute leptospirosis (31). The one exception is the recent report of 81% sensitivity during the first 7 days of illness for an ...
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Rapid separation of immunoglobulin M from immunoglobulin G antibodies for reliable diagnosis of recent rubella infections
... Chromatography on controlled pore glass was adapted for the separation of immunoglobulin M IgM and immunoglobulin G IgG rubella antibodies from 0.3-ml samples of human serum.. An extreme[r] ...
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Hemadsorption immunosorbent technique for the detection of dengue immunoglobulin M antibody
... Antibody capture ELISA for detection of immunoglobulin M antibodies in sera from Japanese encephalitis and dengue haemorrhagic fever patients.. Detection of Japanese encephalitis virus i[r] ...
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The Vitek immunodiagnostic assay for detection of immunoglobulin M toxoplasma antibodies.
... We compared the Vitek immunodiagnostic assay for detection of immunoglobulin M (IgM) toxoplasma antibodies (VIDAS TXM) with an IgM enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) which we deve[r] ...
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Nonmyeloablative Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for X-Linked Hyper-Immunoglobulin M Syndrome With Cholangiopathy
... hyper-immunoglobulin M; IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulin; G-CSF, granulocyte colony- stimulating factor; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; VNTR, variable-number tandem repeats; H&E, ...
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Immunoglobulin M for Acute Infection: True or False?
... Immunoglobulin M (IgM) tests have clear clinical utility but also suffer disproportionately from false-positive results, which in turn can lead to misdiagnoses, inappropriate therapy, and premature closure ...
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Selective transport of polymeric immunoglobulin A in bile Quantitative relationships of monomeric and polymeric immunoglobulin A, immunoglobulin M, and other proteins in serum, bile, and saliva
... relative concentration ratios (S/S-ARCR = 1 for albumin) in bile averaged 22 for p-IgA, 1.91 for IgM, 1.28 for monomeric IgA (m-IgA), 0.70 for IgG, and 0.57 for alpha 2M, indicating for p- IgA, IgM, and to a ...
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Enzyme Immunoassays for Measurement of Cytomegalovirus Immunoglobulin M Antibody
... Thus, although no false-positive reactions were noted with the S-IgM system, 18% of the sera tested by the S-Ag system yielded positive results in spite of the fact that they were obtain[r] ...
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Immunoglobulin M antibody titers in the diagnosis of Legionnaires disease
... In the remaining 13 patients 38%, determination of antilegionella IgM titers enabled presumptive or definitive serological diagnoses to be made earlier than would have been possible if a[r] ...
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An enzyme immunoassay for immunoglobulin M antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii which is not affected by rheumatoid factor or immunoglobulin G antibodies
... None of the 22 sera containing high levels of IgM rheumatoid factor RF gave positive ELISA IgM results, even though 8 of them also had high levels of IgG toxoplasma antibodies.. Mixtures[r] ...
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Microenzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin M Antibodies to Legionella pneumophila
... These assays were compared with the previously standardized indirect immunofluorescence test in four groups of subjects: i pneumonia patients with culture-proven Legionnaires disease wit[r] ...
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Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for mumps and parainfluenza type 1 immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M antibodies
... The 1: 500 dilution was used for discrimination between positive and negative results, because many normal sera as well as sera containing high titers of rheumatoid factor gave high abso[r] ...
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Hemadsorption immunosorbent technique for determination of mumps immunoglobulin M antibody
... In two other studies 11, 14 no CF antibody titer increases and IgM antibodies to mumps virus were found in sera from 23 and 12 patients with parainfluenza virus infections, respectively.[r] ...
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Anti-protein immunoglobulin M responses to pneumococcus are not associated with aging
... The protective role of antibody responses to pneumo- coccal infection is well described. IgM antibodies are the first class of antibodies to be produced in a primary re- sponse to microbial challenge. Although they bind ...
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Immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M polar staining of Toxoplasma gondii in the indirect immunofluorescence test
... Polar staining PS of Toxoplasma gondii in the indirect immunofluorescence IIF test has been described as a nonspecific reaction confined to the anterior pole of the protozoan and is pres[r] ...
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Solid phase enzyme immunoassay for immunoglobulin M antibodies to cytomegalovirus
... IgM antibody titers to CMV obtained in the enzyme immunoassay as related to the human sera or immunoglobulin fractions columns a to g and antigens rows 2 to 7 used.. IgG + IgA clear lgM [r] ...
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Hemadsorption immunosorbent technique for determination of rubella immunoglobulin M antibody
... These included: i group 1, 75 serial serum specimens from 17 patients with acute rubella infection; ii group 2, 39 single sera positive for HI antibody from 21 patients with suspected po[r] ...
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The role of immunoglobulin M in immune evasion by plasmodium falciparum
... IgM is the oldest phylogenetic class of Ab which is expressed by all vertebrate species 154 . IgM is the first Ab to be produced during humoral responses, do not undergo somatic hypermutation or Ab class switching and ...
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