Serosurveillance of acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection among HIV infected patients with pulmonary complaints in Chennai, Southern India.

Background: The true seroepidemiology of acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in HIV infected individuals is ambiguous.

Methods: This study examined the serosurveillance of IgM antibodies to M. pneumoniae in HIV infected patients presenting with pulmonary symptoms at a tertiary AIDS care center in Chennai, Southern India, using cold-haemagglutination test and commercial enzyme linked immunosorbent assay in acute serum specimens.