Abstract |
Long-term surveillance of pneumonia in a group that received prepaid medical care disclosed five cases of pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae that recurred in immunocompetent persons after a lapse of two and one-half to 10 years. Diagnosis was confirmed by isolation of M. pneumoniae, by observation of changes in titer of antibody, and by chest films. In addition, a patient with a variable immunodeficiency syndrome that affected the bone marrow-derived (B-) cell system had recurrent infection with M. pneumoniae within a one-year interval. Naturally acquired immunity to infection with M. pneumoniae appears to be of limited duration.
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Authors | H M Foy, G E Kenny, R Sefi, H D Ochs, I D Allan |
Journal | The Journal of infectious diseases
(J Infect Dis)
Vol. 135
Issue 4
Pg. 673-7
(Apr 1977)
ISSN: 0022-1899 [Print] United States |
PMID | 856921
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Topics |
- Humans
- Mycoplasma
(isolation & purification)
- Pneumonia
(etiology, microbiology)
- Recurrence
- Washington
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