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SUBMITTER: Diaz MH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4867659 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diaz Maureen H MH Cross Kristen E KE Benitez Alvaro J AJ Hicks Lauri A LA Kutty Preeta P Bramley Anna M AM Chappell James D JD Hymas Weston W Patel Anami A Qi Chao C Williams Derek J DJ Arnold Sandra R SR Ampofo Krow K Self Wesley H WH Grijalva Carlos G CG Anderson Evan J EJ McCullers Jonathan A JA Pavia Andrew T AT Wunderink Richard G RG Edwards Kathryn M KM Jain Seema S Winchell Jonas M JM
Open forum infectious diseases 20160330 2
Mycoplasma pneumoniae was detected in a number of patients with community-acquired pneumonia in a recent prospective study. To assess whether other pathogens were also detected in these patients, TaqMan Array Cards were used to test 216 M pneumoniae-positive respiratory specimens for 25 additional viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens. It is interesting to note that 1 or more codetections, predominantly bacterial, were identified in approximately 60% of specimens, with codetections being mor ...[more]