background and objectives: association between mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and increased risk for brain stroke has been well understood. hence, the value of serologic tests for assessing causative relationship between this infection and brain stroke seems to be high. the present study aimed to determine serum level of anti- mycoplasma pneumoniae antibodies in patients with brain stroke and ...

BACKGROUND Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children with CAP and find clinical, radiological and laboratory features helpful to diagnose Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia. Furthermore, we evaluated the value of serology, real-time PCR (RT-PCR) and cul...

Taylor-Robinson, David (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Md.), Otakar Sobeslavský, and Robert M. Chanock. Relationship of Mycoplasma pneumoniae to other human Mycoplasma species studied by gel diffusion. J. Bacteriol. 90:1432-1437. 1965.-Conditions are presented for the production of four lines of precipitate between Mycoplasma pneumoniae antigen and homologous h...

Background: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is one of the causes of upper and lower respiratory tract infections especially in children, and antibiotics affecting the cell wall do not affect this type of infection. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and macrolide resistance in children with community-acquired pneumonia in Kerman city. Methods: This cross-sectional study...

Objectives To study the incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection among children presenting with central nervous system (CNS) manifestations. Design Prospective study. Setting University Paediatric Unit, Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya. Method Children above 1 year of age, presenting with features of CNS infection, from January to December 2001, were included. Serum samples were tested for Myc...

This manuscript reviewed the literature on infection by Mycoplasma pneumoniae with emphasis on etiological aspects of childhood community-acquired pneumonias. Bibliographical research was carried out from Pubmed Medline, MDConsult, HighWire, LILACS, and direct research over the past 10 years with the following keywords: Mycoplasma pneumoniae, pneumonia, and childhood. Fifty-four articles were s...

Reports of important pulmonary complications, including bronchiectasis, have been reported after Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.'-4 Two reports56 have noted more subtle pulmonary function abnormalities, several years after mycoplasma infection, in children. Haemophilus influenzae has been implicated as a secondary invader following initial Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in two reports." The c...

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection usually presents with upper and lower respiratory tract infection. Extrapulmonary involvement is not uncommon, however. We report two cases of predominantly extrapulmonary manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection without significant pulmonary involvement. Both cases were diagnosed by serology. These cases illustrate the diversity of clinical presentation...