Mycoplasma pneumoniae multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis genotypes are associated with inflammatory biomarker levels in children with lower respiratory tract infections.

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The multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) typing method is commonly used in Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) epidemiology. It remains unknown if clinical manifestations of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in children differ between different MLVA genotypes. We aimed to determine if specific M. pneumoniae MLVA genotypes indicate the severity of LRTI in children. We performed a...

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