Detection and characterization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae during an outbreak of respiratory illness at a university

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 849-853

  Waller, Jessica L ^a   Diaz, Maureen H ^a   Petrone, Brianna L ^a   Benitez, Alvaro J ^a   Wolff, Bernard J ^a   Edison, Laura ^b,c   Tobin D'Angelo, Melissa ^b   Moore, Ashley ^b   Martyn, Audrey ^b   Dishman, Hope ^b   Drenzek, Cherie L ^b   Turner, Kim ^d   Hicks, Lauri A ^a   Winchell, Jonas M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BODILY SECRETIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894559651     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02810-13     Document Type: Article

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