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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 10, 08 March 2012

Rapid communications


Increased reports of Mycoplasma pneumoniae from laboratories in Scotland in 2010 and 2011 ? impact of the epidemic in infants
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N J Gadsby ()<SUP>1</SUP>, A J Reynolds<SUP>2</SUP>, J McMenamin<SUP>2</SUP>, R N Gunson<SUP>3</SUP>, S McDonagh<SUP>4</SUP>, P J Molyneaux<SUP>5</SUP>, D L Yirrell<SUP>6</SUP>, K E Templeton<SUP>1</SUP>

1. Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
2. Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
3. West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
4. Microbiology Department, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom
5. Department of Medical Microbiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
6. Department of Medical Microbiology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Citation style for this article: Gadsby NJ, Reynolds AJ, McMenamin J, Gunson RN, McDonagh S, Molyneaux PJ, Yirrell DL, Templeton KE. Increased reports of Mycoplasma pneumoniae from laboratories in Scotland in 2010 and 2011 ? impact of the epidemic in infants. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(10)ii=20110. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20110
Date of submission: 02 March 2012 <HR>In common with reports from other European countries, we describe a substantial increase in the number of laboratory reports of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Scotland in 2010 and 2011. The highest number of reports came from those aged one year and younger. However, reports from young children were more likely to come from PCR testing than serological testing.
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