Reviewing advancement in Mycoplasma pneumoniae P30 adhesin protein provides insights for future diagnosis and treatment

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a major pathogen that causes upper and lower respiratory tract infections in children, adolescents, and elderly individuals and can lead to pneumonia, intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary complications, and respiratory sequelae. M. pneumoniae must adhere to respiratory epithelial cells of a host for infection. The P1 and P30 proteins, as two adhesin proteins of M. pneumoniae, have attracted...

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