Mycoplasma pneumoniae respiratory tract infections among Greek children

Hippokratia

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-152

  Almasri, Motasem Y ^a   Diza, E ^a   Papa, A ^a   Eboriadou, M ^a   Souliou, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Greece; M. pneumoniae; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GREECE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 79955422247     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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