Comparison of polymerase chain reaction and the indirect particle agglutination antibody test for the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children during two outbreaks

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 897-903

  Kim, Nam Hee ^a,b   Lee, Jin A ^a   Eun, Byung Wook ^a   Shin, Sun Hee ^c   Chung, Eun Hee ^d   Park, Ki Won ^a   Choi, Eun Hwa ^a,e   Lee, Hoan Jong ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

^d Dankook University   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia; Outbreak; Polymerase chain reaction; Serology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NASOPHARYNX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34848873465     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31812e4b81     Document Type: Article

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