Polymerase chain reaction is superior to serology for the diagnosis of acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and reveals a high rate of persistent infection

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) infection is traditionally based on serology, which may require more than two weeks for diagnostic antibodies to develop. PCR-based methods offer earlier diagnosis. During a community outbreak of MP infection, we compared semi-nested and real-time...

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Autores principales: Nilsson, Anna C, Björkman, Per, Persson, Kenneth
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2446399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18547431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-93

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2446399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18547431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-93

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