Who gets a laboratory positive diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae: A 10-year retrospective analysis

Objectives: Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is thought to cause up to a third of community acquired pneumonias (CAP), but may be undiagnosed due to limitations with current diagnostics, and untreated given the frequent use of B-lactams to which M. pneumoniae is not susceptible. We performed a...

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Main Authors: Charlotte Patterson, Marc Lipman, Damien Mack, Timothy D. McHugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Clinical Infection in Practice
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590170221000078