| mycoplasma pneumoniae community-acquired pneumonia (cap) in the elderly: diagnostic significance of acute thrombocytosis. | the most common cause of nonzoonotic atypical community-acquired pneumonia (cap) is mycoplasma pneumoniae. m. pneumoniae cap is most common in young adults but may occur at any age. like other atypical caps, m. pneumoniae is associated with a characteristic pattern of extrapulmonary organ involvement and nonspecific laboratory tests. m. pneumoniae cap is frequently accompanied by gastrointestinal manifestations (eg, loose stools/diarrhea), nonexudative pharyngitis, or skin involvement (ie, eryth ... | 2009 | 19755196 |
| from the centers for disease control and prevention. outbreaks of mycoplasma pneumoniae respiratory infection--ohio, texas, and new york, 1993. | | 1994 | 8283570 |
| outbreaks of mycoplasma pneumoniae respiratory infection--ohio, texas, and new york, 1993. | from june through november 1993, three outbreaks of acute respiratory illness (ari) occurred in institutional settings in ohio, texas, and new york. this report summarizes investigations by state and local public health officials, military personnel, and cdc, which indicate that mycoplasma pneumoniae was the cause of these outbreaks. | 1993 | 8246855 |
| viral and bacterial organisms associated with acute pharyngitis in a school-aged population. | to investigate the causes and clinical characteristics of acute pharyngitis among school-aged children (4 to 18 years), we obtained throat cultures for respiratory viruses, mycoplasma pneumoniae, group a streptococcus, and chlamydia trachomatis from 320 patients with sore throat and 308 controls without respiratory complaints. the study was conducted from january to april 1985 in a private pediatric practice in central new york state. sixty percent of the patients and 26% of the control subjects ... | 1986 | 3534196 |
| outbreak of mycoplasma pneumoniae infection among hospital personnel. | an outbreak of illness due to mycoplasma pneumoniae occurred among employees of a large hospital. the spectrum of disease ranged from severe upper respiratory infection to multilobed pneumonia. no unusual increase in the incidence of respiratory illness due to this organism was observed in the surrounding community during the period under investigation. it was not possible to identify any single area of the hospital frequented by enough of the involved personnel to explain the spread of the infe ... | 1978 | 736056 |