Acute lower respiratory tract infection due to Chlamydia and Mycoplasma spp. in Egyptian children under 5 years of age

J Trop Pediatr. 2009 Jun;55(3):195-7. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmn102. Epub 2009 Feb 12.

Authors

Amani Elkholy¹, Hanaa Elkaraksy, Aya Fattouh, Hafez Bazaraa, Ranya Hegazy, Mona Abdelhalim

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Pathology, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

PMID: 19213743
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn102

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Age Distribution
Child, Preschool
Chlamydia / isolation & purification*
Chlamydia Infections / diagnosis
Chlamydia Infections / epidemiology*
Chlamydia Infections / microbiology
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Egypt / epidemiology
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Mycoplasma pneumoniae / immunology
Mycoplasma pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / microbiology
Respiratory Tract Infections / epidemiology*
Respiratory Tract Infections / etiology
Respiratory Tract Infections / microbiology
Sex Distribution
Treatment Outcome

Substances

DNA, Bacterial