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Mycoplasma - Diagnosis method?

smileygal · 2006-01-13 12:33:48

Hi, How is Mycoplasma diagnosed? Presuming it's via a blood test. If so, is it a specialised blood test, i.e. not in the average batch of investigative blood tests? Thanks.

13-01-2006 12:33pm

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smileygal

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Hi,

How is Mycoplasma diagnosed?

Presuming it's via a blood test.

If so, is it a specialised blood test, i.e. not in the average batch of investigative blood tests?

Thanks.

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#2 15-01-2006 11:00am

DrIndy

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There are specific tests for mycolplasma which can help point to a diagnosis, but a single blood test is not sufficient to make a diagnosis.

You can look for cold agglutins which cause sedimentation of red blood cells when cooler than 37C. This is non-specific and can occur in other viral infections, but taken with a clinical picture of an atypical pneumonia, strengthens the case that it is mycoplasma.

The other pointer to this is someone who has a chest infection and is treated with augmentin and doesn't get better points to mycoplasma being the cause as it is resistant to augmentin.

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