Mycoplasma pneumoniae: A frequent cause of pneumonia among U.S. Marines in Southern California

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 524-526

  Gray, Gregory C ^a   Putnam, Shannon D ^a   Duffy, Lynn B ^b   Reynolds, Richard J ^c   Paver, Richard J ^c   Cassell, Gail H ^b,c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030734177     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.8.524     Document Type: Article

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