Sample type is crucial to the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia by PCR.

Räty, Riitta; Rönkkö, Esa; Kleemola, Marjaana

Räty, Riitta; Rönkkö, Esa; Kleemola, Marjaana.

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Räty R; Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Mycoplasmas, Department of Microbiology, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland.
Rönkkö E; Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Mycoplasmas, Department of Microbiology, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland.
Kleemola M; Laboratory of Respiratory Viruses and Mycoplasmas, Department of Microbiology, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland.

J Med Microbiol ; 54(Pt 3): 287-291, 2005 Mar.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15713613

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae/isolation & purification; Pharynx/microbiology; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/diagnosis; Polymerase Chain Reaction/standards; Sputum/microbiology; Adult; Antibodies, Bacterial/blood; Humans; Mycoplasma pneumoniae/genetics; Mycoplasma pneumoniae/immunology; Nasopharynx/microbiology; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/microbiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods; Reproducibility of Results; Specimen Handling/methods

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pharynx / Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Sputum / Polymerase Chain Reaction / Mycoplasma pneumoniae Type of study: Diagnostic_studies Limits: Adult / Humans Language: En Journal: J Med Microbiol Year: 2005 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Finland Country of publication: United kingdom

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