Immunoglobulin M antibody response against Mycoplasma pneumoniae lipid antigen in patients with acute pancreatitis
- 1 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 8 (2), 113-118
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.8.2.113-118.1978
Abstract
Serial serum samples from patients with acute pancreatitis showed a significant increase in antibodies against methanol-chloroform-extracted lipid antigen from M. pneumoniae when tested by complement fixation. The antibodies did not react with antigens prepared from other human mycoplasmas or from pancreatic tissue by lipid extraction. The antibodies were predominantly immunoglobulin M (IgM). No correlation with cold agglutinins or cardiolipid complement-fixing antibodies was found. The IgM antibody response seemed to be prolonged: after 3-4 wk the antibodies were still in many cases exclusively IgM. Similar IgM responses were also found in certain cases of acute meningoencephalitis. During the disease antigenic components identical or very similar to major determinants in the M. pneumoniae lipid antigen may be revealed and elicit the IgM antibody response. Their resemblance to natural antibodies and their possible biological role is discussed.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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