Mycoplasma Species as Agents of Disease in Animals and Man [<i>Abridged</i>]

Andrews, B. E.

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“…M. pneumoniae infection was confirmed either by isolation of the organism from the patient or by a fourfold rise in titre to the specific antibody, but in some cases only one serum specimen was available and in these an antibody titre of 1/160 or more was associated with a recognized clinical manifestation of infection, such as pneumonia. 16 These criteria for reporting M. pneumoniae infection have not changed since 1967. Infections in Scotland are reported to us through the Communicable Diseases, Scotland unit in Glasgow.…”

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in the United Kingdom--1967-73

Noah¹

1974

BMJ

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A widespread epidemic of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in the United Kingdom occurred over a 30-month period in 1970-72. A small epidemic may also have occurred in 1967-68. Though the incidence of M. pneumoniae infection is known to change from year to year in small communities, a varying epidemicity in the population of a country has not previously been demonstrated.As expected, lower respiratory tract infection was the most common manifestation of infection; and the highest attack rates were in children aged 5-9 years. Elderly persons appear to be affected uncommonly.

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in the United Kingdom--1967-73

Noah¹

1974

BMJ

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The distribution of complement-fixing antibody and growth-inhibiting antibody to Mycoplasma hominis

Jones

Sequeira²

1966

Epidemiol. Infect.

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Sera from 3163 patients were examined for growth-inhibiting and complement-fixing antibody to Mycoplasma hominis. The results were analysed in respect of the age and sex of the patients. Antibodies were found to be uncommon in young people but increased in frequency with age; they were present in old men but were less common in women over sixty-five. Patients attending V.D. clinics and prison inmates had a much higher incidence of antibody than hospital and ante-natal patients. Complement-fixing antibody was approximately three times as common as growth-inhibiting antibody in the sample examined; it was also more common in women than men but the overall incidence of growth-inhibiting antibody was the same in each sex. It was concluded that possibly growth-inhibiting antibody is produced in more severe infections and that it disappears from the serum more quickly than complement-fixing antibody.

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Laboratory Diagnosis of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection

Benson¹,

Blazevic²

1968

Postgraduate Medicine

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Mycoplasma Species as Agents of Disease in Animals and Man [Abridged]

Cited by 7 publications

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in the United Kingdom--1967-73

Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in the United Kingdom--1967-73

The distribution of complement-fixing antibody and growth-inhibiting antibody to Mycoplasma hominis

Laboratory Diagnosis of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection

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