Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Acute Disease
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Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
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Humans
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Military Personnel / statistics & numerical data*
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae / classification
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae / genetics
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
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Oropharynx / microbiology
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Pneumonia, Mycoplasma* / diagnosis
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Pneumonia, Mycoplasma* / epidemiology
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Pneumonia, Mycoplasma* / microbiology
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
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Respiratory Tract Infections* / diagnosis
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Respiratory Tract Infections* / epidemiology
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Respiratory Tract Infections* / etiology
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Ships / statistics & numerical data*
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Specimen Handling / methods
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United States