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Detection and characterization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae during an outbreak of respiratory illness at a university.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2014
Waller Jessica L, Diaz Maureen H, Petrone Brianna L, Benitez Alvaro J, Wolff Bernard J, Edison Laura, Tobin-D'Angelo Melissa, Moore Ashley, Martyn Audrey, Dishman Hope, Drenzek Cherie L, Turner Kim, Hicks Lauri A, Winchell Jonas M
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak at a university in Georgia was identified after 83 cases of probable pneumonia were reported among students. Respiratory specimens were obtained from 21 students for the outbreak investigation. The TaqMan array card (TAC), a quantitative PCR (qPCR)-based multipathogen detection technology, was used to initially identify Mycoplasma pneumoniae as the causative agent in this outbreak. TAC demonstrated...
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