Mycoplasma pneumonia: Clinical features and management
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Mycoplasma pneumonia: clinical and radiographic features in 39 children.
BACKGROUND The purpose of the present paper was to evaluate the clinical and chest radiographic features of pediatric patients with serologically proven Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (mycoplasma pneumonia). METHODS The clinical records and chest radiographs of 39 consecutive patients (19 male, 20 female; age 3-13 years) with serologically positive IgG and IgM mycoplasma pneumonia were revie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Lung India
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0970-2113
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.63611