Infection with and carriage of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children

Atypical pneumonia was described as a distinct and mild form of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) already before Mycoplasma pneumoniae had been discovered and recognized as its cause. M. pneumoniae is detected in CAP patients most frequently among school-aged children from 5–15 years of age, with a...

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Main Authors: Patrick M. eMeyer Sauteur, Wendy W. J. eUnger, David eNadal, Christoph eBerger, Cornelis eVink, Annemarie M.C. evan Rossum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00329/full