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Euro Surveill. Increased detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children, Lyon, France, 2010 to 2011

Giuseppe

Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]

Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 8, 23 February 2012

Rapid communications


Increased detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children, Lyon, France, 2010 to 2011


D Eibach ()<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP><SUP>,4</SUP>, J S Casalegno<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,4</SUP>, V Escuret<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, G Billaud<SUP>1</SUP>, Y Mekki<SUP>1</SUP>, E Frobert<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, M Bouscambert-Duchamp<SUP>1</SUP>, B Lina<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, F Morfin<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>
  1. Laboratory of Virology, Centre de Biologie et Pathologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
  2. Virologie et Pathologie Humaine (VirPath), EMR 4610, Universit? Lyon 1 - Universit? de Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
  3. European Public Health Microbiology Training Programme (EUPHEM), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
  4. Both authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship
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Citation style for this article: Eibach D, Casalegno JS, Escuret V, Billaud G, Mekki Y, Frobert E, Bouscambert-Duchamp M, Lina B, Morfin F. Increased detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children, Lyon, France, 2010 to 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(8):pii=20094. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20094
Date of submission: 14 February 2012
<HR>Recent reports from several northern European countries indicate an increase in detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in the past two years, notably in children aged 5?15 years. Analysis of our laboratory database showed a similar pattern, with a higher proportion of respiratory samples positive for M. pneumoniae by real-time PCR in paediatric patients aged 5?15 years. Our data indicate that in 2010 and 2011, France experienced the first epidemic peak of M. pneumoniae infection since 2005.
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