Comparison of laboratory diagnostic procedures for detection of mycoplasma pneumoniae in community outbreaks

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1244-1249

  Thurman, Kathleen A ^a   Walter, Nicholas D ^a,b   Schwartz, Stephanie B ^a   Mitchell, Stephanie L ^a   Dillon, Michael T ^b   Baughman, Andrew L ^b   Deutscher, Meredith ^a,b   Fulton, John P ^c   Tongren, Jon E ^b,d   Hicks, Lauri A ^a   Winchell, Jonas M ^a,b  

^a Office of Workforce and Career Development   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Maine Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; THROAT CULTURE; AGED; BLOOD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549131982     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597775     Document Type: Article

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