Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and its genotypical characterization in children of Hokkaido, Japan

In Vivo

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 421-424

  Numazaki, Kei ^a   Umetsu, Masao ^b   Adachi, Noriaki ^c  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Children's Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kushiro City General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma pneumoniae; P1 gene; PCR; RFLP

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN P1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; SERUM; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 0142260929     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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