Epidemiological comparison of three mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia epidemics in a single hospital over 10 years

Korean Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 172-177

  Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Youn, You Sook ^a,b   Rhim, Jung Woo ^a,b   Shin, Myung Seok ^a,b   Kang, Jin Han ^a   Lee, Kyung Yil ^a,b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epidemics; Epidemiology; Korea; Mycoplasma pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 84929317417     PISSN: 17381061     EISSN: 20927258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2015.58.5.172     Document Type: Article

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