Frequency of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Legionella pneumophila and Chlamydia spp. among patients with atypical pneumonia in Tehran

Frequency of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Legionella pneumophila and Chlamydia spp. among patients with atypical pneumonia in Tehran

Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Legionella pneumophila and Chlamydia pneumoniae are the most common bacterial agents, which account for 15–40%, 2–15% and 5–10% of atypical community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) respectively. These agents are mostly associated with infection in the outpatient setting. The aim of...

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Main Authors: Arfaatabar, M. (Author), Mosadegh, M. (Author), Noori Goodarzi, N. (Author), Pourmand, M.R (Author), Rajabpour, M. (Author), Syed Mohamad, S.A (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd, 2020
Subjects:
adult
agar gel electrophoresis
Article
Atypical pneumonia
bacterium detection
Chlamydia
Chlamydia spp.
community acquired pneumonia
cross-sectional study
DNA extraction
DNA isolation
enteropathogen
female
fluorescent dye
genomic DNA
genotype
hospitalization
human
Legionella pneumophila
macrophage
major clinical study
male
mixed infection
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
PCR
polymerase chain reaction
prevalence
primer DNA
priority journal
questionnaire
restriction fragment length polymorphism
RNA 16S
smoking
throat culture
virus detection
virus pneumonia
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