Assessment of real-time PCR for diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in pediatric patients

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-129

  Morozumi, Miyuki ^a   Ito, Akira ^a   Murayama, Somay Y ^a   Hasegawa, Keiko ^a   Kobayashi, Reiko ^a   Iwata, Satoshi ^b   Kawamura, Naohisa ^c   Kuroki, Haruo ^d   Nakayama, Eiichi ^e   Tajima, Takeshi ^e   Ubukata, Kimiko ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Medical Corporation Nagatsu kai Saito Hospital   (Japan)

^e Hakujikai Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Mycoplasma pneumoniae culture; Mycoplasma pneumoniae identification; Pediatrics; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; GENES; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICS; RNA;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE CULTURE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE IDENTIFICATION; REAL-TIME PCR;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RNA 16S;

DISEASE; DNA; GENE; HEALTH STATUS; PLASMID; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33744474048     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-118     Document Type: Article

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