title: Prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in subjectively healthy individuals.
abstract: Subjectively healthy persons were investigated for the presence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in throat cultures. During a peak period of M. pneumoniae incidence, 13.5% of 758 healthy volunteers were found to harbour the bacterium in the throat. The investigation was continued, and during a subsequent period of 11 months, the incidence of M. pneumoniae isolated decreased to 4.6% of 499 volunteers. All new blood donor sera 1990-1991 (422 sera) were screened for the presence of antibodies to M. pneumoniae; it was found that there was a fluctuating but significant number of individuals with positive serology based on a single test occasion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology Gävle Central Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gnarpe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lundbäck
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sundelöf
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gnarpe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001782:Blood Donors; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D003470:Culture Media