Evaluation of Anti-Glycopeptidolipid-Core Immunoglobulin A Antibody Detection for the Diagnosis of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Cervicofacial Lymphadenitis
Samuel H. Willemse, M.A.E.M. Oomens, L.H.E. Karssemakers, Jerôme A. Lindeboom, Willem H. Schreuder, Jean‐Pierre T. F. Ho, Martijn van der Kuip, Killian E. Vlaming, et al. (10 authors)
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal · 2024-06
Abstract
A multicenter cross-sectional diagnostic study was carried out including 45 children with nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis and controls. The tested immunoassay, detecting M. avium- specific anti-glycopeptidolipid-core immunoglobulin A antibodies, had inadequate diagnostic performance in the studied population and seems to be of no additional value in detecting cases of nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis.
MeSH terms
- Nontuberculous mycobacteria
- Medicine
- Antibody
- Immunoassay
- Immunology
- Mycobacterium