Outbreak of acute respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae on board a deployed U.S. Navy ship

Joseph A. Sliman; David Metzgar; David C. Asseff; Robert G. Coon; Dennis J. Faix; Stephen Lizewski

doi:10.1128/JCM.01926-09

Outbreak of acute respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae on board a deployed U.S. Navy ship

Joseph A. Sliman, David Metzgar, David C. Asseff, Robert G. Coon, Dennis J. Faix, Stephen Lizewski

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Abstract

We identified 179 cases of acute respiratory illness including 50 cases of radiographically confirmed pneumonia over the course of 4 months on a deployed U.S. Navy vessel. Laboratory tests showed Mycoplasma pneumoniae to be the etiological agent. This report represents the first published description of a shipboard outbreak of this pathogen.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4121-4123
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Volume	47
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01926-09
State	Published - Dec 1 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Sliman, J. A., Metzgar, D., Asseff, D. C., Coon, R. G., Faix, D. J., & Lizewski, S. (2009). Outbreak of acute respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae on board a deployed U.S. Navy ship. Journal of clinical microbiology, 47(12), 4121-4123. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01926-09

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