Carriage of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Children: An Observational Study

Autor: Spuesens, Emiel B. M., Fraaij, Pieter L. A., Visser, Eline G., Hoogenboezem, Theo, Hop, Wim C. J., van Adrichem, Léon N. A., Weber, Frank, Moll, Henriette A., Broekman, Berth, Berger, Marjolein Y., van Rijsoort-Vos, Tineke, van Belkum, Alex, Schutten, Martin, Pas, Suzan D., Osterhaus, Albert D. M. E., Hartwig, Nico G., Vink, Cornelis, van Rossum, Annemarie M. C.
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Zdroj: PLoS Medicine; May2013, Vol. 10 Issue 5, p1-12, 12p, 1 Diagram, 6 Charts, 5 Graphs
Abstrakt: In order to determine the possible asymptomatic carriage of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the upper respiratory tracts of children, Emiel Spuesens and colleagues investigate the prevalence of M. pneumoniae in symptomatic and asymptomatic children at a hospital in The Netherlands. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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