Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children with lower respiratory tract infections |
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Authors: | Maheshwari Megha Kumar Surinder Sethi G R Bhalla P |
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Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi-110002, India. |
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Abstract: | Mycoplasma pneumoniae is known to be a major cause of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in children. We studied 75 children who had been hospitalized for community-acquired LRTIs for the detection of M. pneumoniae by serological analysis and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify a 277-base pair region of 16S rDNA gene of M. pneumoniae applied to throat swab specimens. Serological and/or PCR positive results diagnosed M. pneumoniae infection in 23 (30.7%) patients. |
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