Comparison of Laboratory Diagnostic Procedures for Detection ofMycoplasma pneumoniaein Community Outbreaks
Clinical Infectious Diseases2009Vol. 48(9), pp. 1244–1249
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Kathleen A. Thurman, Nicholas D. Walter, Stephanie Schwartz, Stephanie L. Mitchell, Michael T. Dillon, Andrew L. Baughman, Meredith Deutscher, John P Fulton, Jon Eric Tongren, Lauri A. Hicks, Jonas M. Winchell
Abstract
Thorough data analysis indicated that no single available test was reliable for the identification of an outbreak of CAP due to M. pneumoniae. A combination of testing methodologies proved to be the most reliable approach for identification of outbreaks of CAP due to M. pneumoniae, especially in the absence of other suspected respiratory pathogens.
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