[Comparison of routine serological investigations performed in three different laboratories in Poland for the diagnosis of pertussis].

We compared the 2.653 results of routine serological investigations performed in three different laboratories in Poland for the diagnosis of pertussis. One of the laboratories used the NovaLisa Bordetella pertussis kit produced by NovaTec GmbH and the two others used Bordetella pertussis ELISA kit produced by Genzyme Virotech GmbH.

[Evaluation of the effectiveness of serodiagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections by ELISA in Poland in 2006-2008].

This study analyses the results of over 15 thousand patients tested by ELISA against the presence of antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Poland in 2006-2008. Most of the tested patients were hospital-treated children with lower respiratory tract infections or pneumonia. The positive results of ELISA were obtained in 4.