Rare
occurrence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection among
Jordanian adults with respiratory tract infections
Nathir
M. Obeidat A1, Luay F. Qatouseh A2, Asem A.
Shehabi A2
Taylor & Francis, Volume 17, Number 4 / April 2005, Pages 216-218,
DOI: 10.1080/08910600600600232
A1 Department of Internal Medicine/Division of
Pulmonary Diseases, Jordan University Hospital, University of
Jordan, Amman, Jordan
A2 Department of Pathology-Microbiology, Faculty of
Medicine, Jordan University Hospital, University of Jordan,
Amman, Jordan
Abstract:
A
prospective study using both polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and
culture demonstrated the absence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the
throats of 100 Jordanian adult patients with respiratory tract
infections and 100 healthy controls over a period of 8 months
(2003–2004). However, a retrospective study covering a period of
24 months (2003–2005) indicated that M. pneumoniae serological
tests were only positive in 1/15 (7.1%) of adults and 4/29
(13.8%) of children among suspected infected patients. These
results suggest that M. pneumoniae infection occurs rarely in
Jordanian adults and may be attributed to the prevalence of dry
weather for most of the year in Jordan.
Keywords:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae, polymerase chain reaction, respiratory
tract infections, Jordan
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