Evaluation of Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae as etiologic agents of persistent cough in adolescents and adults.
Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae were evaluated as agents of persistent cough in adolescents and adults (n = 491). Tests of 473 respiratory specimens by culture or PCR or both identified four episodes (0.8%) of M. pneumoniae-associated illness and no episodes of C. pneumoniae illness, suggesting that these bacteria do not frequently cause persistent cough.
Wadowsky
Robert M
RM
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-2583, USA. wadowsr@chplink.chp.edu
Castilla
Elias A
EA
Laus
Stella
S
Kozy
Anita
A
Atchison
Robert W
RW
Kingsley
Lawrence A
LA
Ward
Joel I
JI
Greenberg
David P
DP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003371:Cough / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial