Identification of Bacterial and Viral Codetections With Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Using the TaqMan Array Card in Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Overview

Journal Open Forum Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2016 May 19

PMID 27191004

Citations 18

Authors

Maureen H Diaz

Kristen E Cross

Alvaro J Benitez

Lauri A Hicks

Preeta Kutty

Anna M Bramley

James D Chappell

Weston Hymas

Anami Patel

Chao Qi

Derek J Williams

Sandra R Arnold

Krow Ampofo

Wesley H Self

Carlos G Grijalva

Evan J Anderson

Jonathan A McCullers

Andrew T Pavia

Richard G Wunderink

Kathryn M Edwards

Seema Jain

Jonas M Winchell

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Abstract

Mycoplasma pneumoniae was detected in a number of patients with community-acquired pneumonia in a recent prospective study. To assess whether other pathogens were also detected in these patients, TaqMan Array Cards were used to test 216 M pneumoniae-positive respiratory specimens for 25 additional viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens. It is interesting to note that 1 or more codetections, predominantly bacterial, were identified in approximately 60% of specimens, with codetections being more common in children.

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