Open AccessMycoplasma pneumoniae DNA detection and specific antibody class response in patients from two tertiary care hospitals in tropical Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
L.I. Wijesooriya,
Tuckweng Kok,
Jennifer Perera,
Y. Tilakarathne,
N.P. Sunil-Chandra
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000813
Subject(s) - mycoplasma pneumoniae , pneumonia , medicine , pharyngitis , bronchitis , immunology , mycoplasma pneumonia , respiratory tract infections , atypical pneumonia , serology , moraxella catarrhalis , antibody , immunoglobulin m , immunoglobulin g , streptococcus pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , respiratory system , biology , antibiotics
Respiratory tract infections are a major cause of global morbidity and mortality. Pneumonia is the ninth leading cause of mortality in Sri Lanka. Atypical pathogens cause about one-fifth of community-acquired pneumonia, while Mycoplasma pneumoniae accounts for about 50 %. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of M. pneumoniae respiratory tract infections in Sri Lanka while attempting to understand the relationships between the serology and PCR.