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SUBMITTER: Jeong BH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3719614 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jeong Byeong-Ho BH Kim Su-Young SY Jeon Kyeongman K Lee Soo-Youn SY Shin Sung Jae SJ Koh Won-Jung WJ
Journal of clinical microbiology 20130605 8
An enzyme immunoassay kit that detects serum IgA antibody reacting to glycopeptidolipid core antigen derived from Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) was not useful for differentiating MAC pulmonary disease (PD) from Mycobacterium abscessus complex PD (MAB-PD). However, this assay could be useful for differentiating MAC- and MAB-PD from pulmonary tuberculosis. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under registration no. NCT00970801.). ...[more]