Outbreak of acute respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae on board a deployed U.S. Navy ship

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4121-4123

  Sliman, Joseph A ^a   Metzgar, David ^b   Asseff, David C ^b   Coon, Robert G ^b   Faix, Dennis J ^a,b   Lizewski, Stephen ^b  

^a Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NAVY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SHIP; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SHIPS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 71549158511     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01926-09     Document Type: Article

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