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Cold Agglutinins






      • Testing for cold agglutinins or antibodies


         is done for patients suspected of having


         atypical pneumonia.







      • Atypical pneumonia is caused by the


         microorganism Mycoplasma


                                            .
         pneumoniae





      • People infected with Mycoplasma



         pneumoniae produce autoantibodies.
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