Evaluation of Anti-Glycopeptidolipid-Core Immunoglobulin A Antibody Detection for the Diagnosis of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Cervicofacial Lymphadenitis.
Samuel H WillemseMarjolijn A E M OomensLuc H E KarssemakersJerome A LindeboomWillem H SchreuderJean-Pierre T F HoMartijn van der KuipKillian E VlamingTanja M KapteinJan de LangePublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2024)
A multicenter cross-sectional diagnostic study was carried out including 45 children with nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis and controls. The tested immunoassay, detecting M. avium-specific anti-glycopeptidolipid-core immunoglobulin A antibodies, had inadequate diagnostic performance in the studied population and seems to be of no additional value in detecting cases of nontuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis.