Comparison of Polymerase Chain Reaction and the Indirect Particle Agglutination Antibody Test for the Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia in Children During Two Outbreaks

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BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia is challenging because of the lack of standardized rapid tests. Many serologic tests and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based methods are used with different diagnostic criteria. METHODS: This retrospective study was conducted to compare the diagnostic values of the indirect particle agglutination test and nested PCR of nasopharyngeal aspirates for the...

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