Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in Sri Lanka
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M pneumoniae is a causative agent of community acquired pneumonia in children and adults 1,2 . It was originally known as the Eaton agent, named after Monroe A. Eaton (1944) who described the organism as a filterable agent isolated from the sputum and lungs of patients with primary atypical pneumonia. In Sri Lanka, several cases of atypical pneumonia, reported by Prof. C. C. de Silva in 1953, had features compatible with mycoplasma pneumonia.
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