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Culturally verified Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in Japan: a long-term observation from 1979–99

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2001

I. ITO ,
T. ISHIDA ,
M. OSAWA ,
M. ARITA ,
T. HASHIMOTO ,
T. HONGO  and
M. MISHIMA
I. ITO
Affiliation:
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Shogoin-kawaharacho 54, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
T. ISHIDA
Affiliation:
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
M. OSAWA
Affiliation:
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
M. ARITA
Affiliation:
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
T. HASHIMOTO
Affiliation:
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
T. HONGO
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
M. MISHIMA
Affiliation:
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Shogoin-kawaharacho 54, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Abstract

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We describe the prevalence of community-acquired M. pneumoniae pneumonia diagnosed by culture methods in a single institute in Japan from January 1979 to December 1999. Cultures were performed in 2971 pneumonia cases and yielded M. Pneumoniae in 508 cases. The epidemic peaks recurred regularly at 4-year intervals (1980, 84, 88 and 91–2). Although a large epidemic has not occurred since 1992, traces of epidemic periodicity have still persisted from 1992 to 1999 at 3-year intervals.

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Short Paper
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 127 , Issue 2 , October 2001 , pp. 365 - 367
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press