Can someone PLEASE answer

[melanie]

Mycoplasma 524 high

 

Mpneumoniae 770 low positive

IGm 950 positive

 

 

What does this mean?????????

[peglem]

Mycoplasma 524 high

 

Mpneumoniae 770 low positive

IGm 950 positive

 

 

What does this mean?????????

 

I'm not sure what it means. But there is some info on MPn tests on the bottom of this page:

http://s99.middlebury.edu/BI330A/projects/...pneumoniae.html

[faith]

Melanie,

where'd you get this done thru? how did you get these results? did the doctor explain anything?

 

I'd be interested to know too.

 

 

Faith

[Megs_Mom]

PM Buster, in case he is off-line for a few days. He knows everything!

[Buster]

PM Buster, in case he is off-line for a few days. He knows everything!

Ha, funny, ...

 

Problem is we don't know the lab standards or which test was done. Call your lab/doctor and ask what the normal ranges are.

 

If it was the IgM then see:

 

https://www.labcorp.com/wps/portal/!ut/...2fshowDetail.do

 

 

 

Test Number: 163212 CPT Code: 86738

Specimen: Serum

 

Volume: 1 mL

 

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

 

Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

 

Storage Instructions: Maintain specimen at room temperature.

 

Causes for Rejection: Hemolysis; lipemia; gross bacterial contamination

 

Reference Interval: Negative: <770 units/mL

 

Use: Aid in the diagnosis of atypical pneumonia and Stevens-Johnson syndrome by providing laboratory support for a Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Results must be interpreted in light of each patient's history, physical examination, and other diagnostic findings.

 

Limitations: The absorbent used in this assay removes as much as 15 mg/mL of human IgG, but the presence of residual IgG in individuals with hypergammaglobulinemia may affect results adversely.

 

Methodology: Enzyme immunoassay (EIA)

 

Additional Information: Low positive results (770-950 units/mL) are presumptive evidence of acute or recent infection. It is recommended that the test be repeated on a fresh specimen one to two weeks later to assure reactivity. Specific IgM may persist for several months after initial infection or be absent during reinfection.

 

References: Ali NJ, Sillis M, Andrews BE, et al, ”The Clinical Spectrum and Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection,” Q J Med, 1986, 58:227, 241. 3737868

 

Levy M, Shear NH, ”Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: Report of Eight Cases and Review of the Literature,” Clin Pediatr (Phila), 1991, 30(1):42-9 (review).1899814

[melanie]

PM Buster, in case he is off-line for a few days. He knows everything!

Ha, funny, ...

 

Problem is we don't know the lab standards or which test was done. Call your lab/doctor and ask what the normal ranges are.

 

If it was the IgM then see:

 

https://www.labcorp.com/wps/portal/!ut/...2fshowDetail.do

 

 

 

Test Number: 163212 CPT Code: 86738

Specimen: Serum

 

Volume: 1 mL

 

 

Oh No ,

 

More Confused Thanks for trying . We need to make a forum for the scientifically challenged.

 

PS I think I have some good news Ill tell tomorrow

 

Melanie

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

 

Container: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube

 

Storage Instructions: Maintain specimen at room temperature.

 

Causes for Rejection: Hemolysis; lipemia; gross bacterial contamination

 

Reference Interval: Negative: <770 units/mL

 

Use: Aid in the diagnosis of atypical pneumonia and Stevens-Johnson syndrome by providing laboratory support for a Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Results must be interpreted in light of each patient's history, physical examination, and other diagnostic findings.

 

Limitations: The absorbent used in this assay removes as much as 15 mg/mL of human IgG, but the presence of residual IgG in individuals with hypergammaglobulinemia may affect results adversely.

 

Methodology: Enzyme immunoassay (EIA)

 

Additional Information: Low positive results (770-950 units/mL) are presumptive evidence of acute or recent infection. It is recommended that the test be repeated on a fresh specimen one to two weeks later to assure reactivity. Specific IgM may persist for several months after initial infection or be absent during reinfection.

 

References: Ali NJ, Sillis M, Andrews BE, et al, ”The Clinical Spectrum and Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection,” Q J Med, 1986, 58:227, 241. 3737868

 

Levy M, Shear NH, ”Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: Report of Eight Cases and Review of the Literature,” Clin Pediatr (Phila), 1991, 30(1):42-9 (review).1899814

[melanie]

Oh No ,

 

More Confused Thanks for trying . We need to make a forum for the scientifically challenged.

 

PS I think I have some good news Ill tell tomorrow

 

Melanie

[Buster]

Oh No ,

 

More Confused Thanks for trying . We need to make a forum for the scientifically challenged.

 

PS I think I have some good news Ill tell tomorrow

 

Melanie

Let me translate. If your doctor did an IgM test, then the test came back positive and your child had mycoplasma pseumonia within last 4-6 weeks.

[melanie]

Oh No ,

 

More Confused Thanks for trying . We need to make a forum for the scientifically challenged.

 

PS I think I have some good news Ill tell tomorrow

 

Melanie

Let me translate. If your doctor did an IgM test, then the test came back positive and your child had mycoplasma pseumonia within last 4-6 weeks.

 

 

So Buster again you are saing Danny has had pseumonia or some form of it and I didnt know ?? I cant believe how I cant comprehend this..

 

Melanie

[thereishope]

I think what he is saying is in you original post you said

IGm 950 positive

.

 

Buster said

If your doctor did an IgM test, then the test came back positive and your child had mycoplasma pseumonia within last 4-6 weeks.

 

So, you say it came back +, that leads me to infer that he had MP in the last 4-6 weeks. I can't recall over the last month or 2 did he have a cough at all?

[melanie]

I think what he is saying is in you original post you said

IGm 950 positive

.

 

Buster said

If your doctor did an IgM test, then the test came back positive and your child had mycoplasma pseumonia within last 4-6 weeks.

So, you say it came back +, that leads me to infer that he had MP in the last 4-6 weeks. I can't recall over the last month or 2 did he have a cough at all?

 

 

Nope no cough not even an ear infection He did say his throat hurt I took him to the DR for a strep test but of course it was negitive

 

Melanie

[thereishope]

When the dr looked in my son's throat he said it looked red,but he also heard something in his lungs or chest. He had/has a cough. His rapid for strep came back negative, we are waiting on the culture. I read that with MP it can take 3 weeks from contracting it for the cough to develop! Scary.

[thereishope]

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/807927-overview

 

The incubation period tends to be smoldering and averages 3 weeks, in contrast to that of influenza and other viral pneumonias, which is generally a few days.

[wornoutmom]

Is MP the bacteria that causes RSV or is that a virus? Just occurred to me that my son had a bad bout of RSV about a month or so before his first tic ever showed up at age 3.

[thereishope]

I believe RSV is a virus. Was your son a premie?