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. 2001 Mar;39(3):1184-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.3.1184-1186.2001.

Molecular detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in adults with community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization

J W Dorigo-Zetsma  1 , R P Verkooyen, H P van Helden, H van der Nat, J M van den Bosch
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Molecular detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in adults with community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization

J W Dorigo-Zetsma et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Mar.

Abstract

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was diagnosed in 18 (12.5%) of 144 adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. The infection was demonstrated by PCR in 15 patients and by serology, using two methods, in 10 patients. The mean age of the 8 patients with positive M. pneumoniae PCR and negative serology was significantly higher than that of the 10 patients with positive serology.

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