False-Positive IgM Serology in Coccidioidomycosis
- 1 June 2010
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 48 (6), 2047-2049
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01843-09
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.Keywords
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