Pneumonia Diagnosis
Chlamydia and Mycoplasma in pneumonia diagnoses determined
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 7th, 2005
According to a study from the United States and China, "Eighty-five cases community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children 5 years or younger, confirmed by chest X-ray, and 185 age-matched control patients with diarrhea or dermatitis from the Outpatient Department at Beijing Children's Hospital were enrolled into this study. Nasopharyngeal swab specimens were obtained from all subjects, Real-time PCR-based fluorescence assays were performed for Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma...
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