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ArticleDiagnostic microbiology and infectious disease2016

Underdiagnosing of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections as revealed by use of a respiratory multiplex PCR panel.

Alexander Dalpke, Stefan Zimmermann, Paul Schnitzler

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Article in Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. A discussion of syndromic molecular testing for clinical care.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2021
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  4. Syndromic Panel-Based Testing in Clinical Microbiology.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alexander DalpkeDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Translational Lung Research Center (TLRC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: alexander.dalpke@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Stefan ZimmermannDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Paul SchnitzlerDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We compared a multiplex PCR diagnostic approach against specific PCR diagnosis for detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Seventy-five percent of all M. pneumoniae infections were only detected "unintentionally" by the use of the multiplex PCR indicating underdiagnosing of M. pneumoniae due to absence of clinical suspicion.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMiddle AgedMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesMultiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionMycoplasma pneumoniaePneumonia, MycoplasmaRespiratory Tract InfectionsSensitivity and SpecificityMolecular diagnosticsMultiplex PCRMycoplasma pneumoniaeRespiratory infections

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PMID27377674
PMCPMC7127802

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