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) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4121-4123 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)