title: Evaluation of Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae as etiologic agents of persistent cough in adolescents and adults.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-2583, USA. wadowsr@chplink.chp.edu
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Wadowsky
authors.forename: Elias A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Castilla
authors.forename: Stella
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laus
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kozy
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Atchison
authors.forename: Lawrence A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Kingsley
authors.forename: Joel I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial