| identification of p1 types and variants of mycoplasma pneumoniae during an epidemic in chile. | this study was conducted to determine the types of m. pneumoniae prevalent in adults presenting with community-acquired pneumonia during an epidemic period, and to scrutinize a variable region of the repmp4 element for the detection of p1 variants. all 23 clinical specimens pcr-positive for m. pneumoniae obtained in two hospitals in santiago, chile, from 2005 to 2006 were typed by a multiplex pcr directly and then the repmp4 fragment of 18 specimens was sequenced. a predominance of m. pneumoniae ... | 2010 | 20448063 |