An unrecognized epidemic of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in Vienna

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 208-211

  Daxboeck, Florian ^a   Bauer, Claudia C ^a   Assadian, Ojan ^a   Stanek, Gerold ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Complement fixation test; Epidemic; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Vienna

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AUSTRIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745758853     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-005-0469-x     Document Type: Article

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