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 of a diagnostic workup. Despite numerous reports
M. Landry
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Correlation between parity and concentration of immunoglobulins A, G and M in human colostrum [PDF]
Objective: To study the relationship between parity andimmunoglobulin concentrations in human colostrum. Methods:82 puerperas aged 21-41 years were selected, with gestationalage ≥ 37 weeks, up to the fourth parity, good nutritional status andno ...
Gabriel André João Striker +2 more
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Impact of COVID-19 on Cytomegalovirus Immunoglobulin M Antibody Index
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) influenced the prevalence of other infectious diseases, including congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. However, the effect of COVID-19 on antibody titers has not been reported.
Masatoki Kaneko +4 more
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A study of the immunomodulatory effects of coconut oil extract in broilers experimentally infected with velogenic Newcastle disease virus [PDF]
Objective This study aims to evaluate the immunomodulatory effects of coconut oil extract (COE) in broilers experimentally infected with velogenic Newcastle disease virus (vNDV).
Muhammad Wasim Usmani +7 more
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with CVID Under Different Schedules of Immunoglobulin Administration: Prospective Multicenter Study [PDF]
We assessed the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in CVID adults receiving different schedules of immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IgRT) by intravenous (IVIG), subcutaneous (SCIG), and facilitated (fSCIG) preparations.
Agostini, Carlo +13 more
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Rapid method to detect rubella immunoglobulin M and immunoglobulin A antibodies [PDF]
Immunoglobulin (Ig) G was removed from serum specimens by precipitation with gamma chain-specific anti-human IgG of rabbit origin. The remaining rubella virus-specific IgM (and IgA) antibodies were then detected by the rubella hemagglutination-inhibition test.
H, Schmitz +3 more
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Improvements in the immunologic tests performed on cerebrospinal fluid have increased the sensitivity and reduced the turnaround time for diagnosis of central nervous system histoplasmosis over prior antigen and antibody detection methods and culture.
K. Bloch +12 more
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Presence of the genus Loxosceles in the municipalities of San Benito and Tolata Cochabamba-Bolivia
The genus Loxosceles is widely distributed in the five continents. In Latin America, L. laeta,L. reclusa,L. gaucho and L. intermedia were reported and described in countries adjacent to Bolivia.
Ciro Humboldt-Paputsachis +1 more
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Agarose gel serum protein electrophoresis in cats with and without lymphoma and preliminary results of tandem mass fingerprinting analysis [PDF]
<b>Background</b>: Serum electrophoretic profiles in cats are poorly characterized with respect to the protein components of the globulin fractions, and interpretation of the electrophoretograms has routinely been done in ignorance of the ...
Baker +36 more
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Immunotactoid glomerulopathy (ITG) occurs infrequently and is characterized by organized IgG containing deposits. It most usually manifests as a concomitant disease of a broad spectrum of oncologic entities.
Wolfgang Neukirchen +6 more
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