Increased detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children, Lyon, France, 2010 to 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1-3

  Eibach, D ^a,b,c   Casalegno, J ^a,b   Escuret, V ^a,b   Billaud, G ^a   Mekki, Y ^a   Frobert, E ^a,b   Bouscambert Duchamp, M ^a   Lina, B ^a,b   Morfin, F ^a,b  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; DATA BASE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NEWBORN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84857844607     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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