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. 2009 Dec;47(12):4121-3.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01926-09. Epub 2009 Oct 21.

Outbreak of acute respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae on board a deployed U.S. navy ship

Joseph A Sliman  1 , David Metzgar, David C Asseff, Robert G Coon, Dennis J Faix, Stephen Lizewski
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Outbreak of acute respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae on board a deployed U.S. navy ship

Joseph A Sliman et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Dec.

Abstract

We identified 179 cases of acute respiratory illness including 50 cases of radiographically confirmed pneumonia over the course of 4 months on a deployed U.S. Navy vessel. Laboratory tests showed Mycoplasma pneumoniae to be the etiological agent. This report represents the first published description of a shipboard outbreak of this pathogen.

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Respiratory disease and pneumonia cases on USS Boxer.
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Laboratory results for oropharyngeal swab samples collected aboard USS Boxer.
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