What is the significance of Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgM

  Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgM antibodies are one type of Mycoplasma pneumoniae antibodies, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae antibodies also include IgG antibodies. Mycoplasma pneumoniae IgM is a very important serum indicator to confirm the diagnosis of mycoplasma infection, the reference value within 1:32 is within the normal range, if it exceeds this value, consider the current, recent presence of mycoplasma infection. A negative IgG antibody and a negative IgM antibody for Mycoplasma pneumoniae suggest that the patient does not have mycoplasma infection, but a single negative IgM and positive IgG indicates that the patient may have been infected with mycoplasma in the past, but it cannot be used as a basis for clinical diagnosis of mycoplasma infection, and the specific situation should be judged based on the patient’s symptoms.