Serodiagnostic Contributions of Antibody Titers against Mycobacterial Lipid Antigens in Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 529 - 535
• Main Authors: Nishimura, Tomoyasu, Hasegawa, Naoki, Fujita, Yukiko, Yano, Ikuya, Ishizaka, Akitoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford The University of Chicago Press 15.08.2009; University of Chicago Press; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antibodies; Antibodies, Bacterial - blood; Antigens; Antigens, Bacterial - immunology; Articles and Commentaries; Bacteria; Biological and medical sciences; Cord Factors - immunology; Female; Fungal infections; Fungal lung diseases; Glycolipids - immunology; Humans; Immunoglobulin G - blood; Immunoglobulins; Infectious diseases; Lipids; Lipids - immunology; Lung diseases; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium avium complex; Mycobacterium avium Complex - immunology; Mycobacterium kansasii; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Respiratory diseases; Thoracic diseases; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis; Young Adult; Antigen; Infection; Lung disease; Mycobacteriales; Respiratory disease; Antibody; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacterium avium; Bacteria; Lipids; Actinomycetes

Background. Although the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis is decreasing, the number of immunocompetent patients with Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease is steadily increasing. Therefore, albeit not contagious, MAC pulmonary disease needs to be diagnosed rapidly and accurately. We...