a longitudinal study of mycoplasma pneumoniae: infections in navy recruits by isolation and seroepidemiology. | a longitudinal serologic study of m. pneumoniae infections in two recruit training centers with grossly different climates showed that the frequency of this infection peaks in the late summer-early fall and to a lesser degree in the spring at both training centers. seroconversions (four-fold or greater increase in titer) were as high as 45-57% in some recruit companies during the late summer peak. m. pneumoniae isolations from men admitted to the dispensary or hospital with pneumonia during the ... | 1976 | 984030 |