Prevalence of Mycoplasma IgM in children with lower respiratory tract illness

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 684-686

  Higashigawa, Masamune ^a   Kawasaki, Yukako ^a   Yodoya, Noriko ^a   Omori, Yusuke ^a   Nashida, Yuji ^a   Amemiya, Yoshio ^a   Fujiwara, Takashi ^a   Inoue, Masakazu ^a  

^a ISE RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Prevalence; Serologic test

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 70349591871     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02858.x     Document Type: Article

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