Outbreak of acute respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae on board a deployed U.S. navy ship.
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.
Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit 6, Pearl Harbor, Hawai, USA.
Joseph A
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Sliman
David
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Metzgar
David C
DC
Asseff
Robert G
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Coon
Dennis J
DJ
Faix
Stephen
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Lizewski
D000208:Acute Disease; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012767:Ships / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States