False-positive IgM serology in coccidioidomycosis

Tim Kuberski; Judith Herrig; Demosthenes Pappagianis

doi:10.1128/JCM.01843-09

False-positive IgM serology in coccidioidomycosis

Tim Kuberski, Judith Herrig, Demosthenes Pappagianis

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

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Abstract

The clinical observation has been made that there might be an unacceptable number of false-positive enzyme immunoassay (EIA) test results for IgM among persons suspected of having coccidioidomycosis. Patients with a positive result for IgM by EIA are thought to have a diagnosis of acute coccidioidomycosis. However, this study found that 82% of patients with an IgM-positive and IgG-negative EIA result did not have coccidioidomycosis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2047-2049
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	48
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01843-09
State	Published - Jun 2010

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Kuberski, T., Herrig, J., & Pappagianis, D. (2010). False-positive IgM serology in coccidioidomycosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48(6), 2047-2049. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01843-09

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