Types Of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae In Greece

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Journal Title, Volume, Page: 
Arestotles University Medical Journal, Vol: 35 (Issue: 3), p: 39-42 (2008)
Year of Publication: 
2008
Authors: 
Anna Papa
Antonis Antoniadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Motassim Almasri
Department of Biological Sciences, An-Najah N. University, Nablus, Palestine
Efimia Souliou
Antonis Antoniadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Evangelia Papadimitriou
Antonis Antoniadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Maria Eboriadou
Clinic of Pediatrics, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Antonis Antoniadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
A΄ Department of Microbiology
Preferred Abstract (Original): 

Throat swab specimens were obtained during 2003 from Greek hospitalized children with acute respiratory tract infection. In order to type M. pneumoniae strains a partial region of P1 gene was amplified directly from the clinical specimens and sequence variations among the strains were investigated. It was found that predominant was M. pneumoniae type 1.

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