Limited utility of culture for Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae for diagnosis of respiratory tract infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3380-3382

  She, Rosemary C ^a,b   Thurber, Andy ^a   Hymas, Weston C ^a   Stevenson, Jeffery ^a   Langer, Janine ^a   Litwin, Christine M ^a,b   Petti, Cathy A ^a,b  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77956792672     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00321-10     Document Type: Article

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