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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2001, p. 1184-1186, Vol. 39, No. 3
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.3.1184-1186.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Molecular Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization

J. Wendelien Dorigo-Zetsma,1,2,* Roel P. Verkooyen,3 H. Pieter van Helden,4 Hans van der Nat,2 and Jules M. van den Bosch5

Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam,1 Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven,2 Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam,3 and Departments of Medical Microbiology and Immunology4 and Pulmonary Diseases,5 St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

Received 28 September 2000/Returned for modification 7 November 2000/Accepted 3 January 2001

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was diagnosed in 18 (12.5%) of 144 adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. The infection was demonstrated by PCR in 15 patients and by serology, using two methods, in 10 patients. The mean age of the 8 patients with positive M. pneumoniae PCR and negative serology was significantly higher than that of the 10 patients with positive serology.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening (LIS), National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 30 2743705. Fax: 31 30 2744418.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2001, p. 1184-1186, Vol. 39, No. 3
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.3.1184-1186.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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