Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children with lower respiratory tract infections

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-42

  Maheshwari, Megha ^a   Kumar, Surinder ^a   Sethi, G R ^b   Bhalla, P ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*  (United States)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; THROAT CULTURE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 78650773677     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.100149     Document Type: Article

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