INCIDENCE OF Mycoplasma, pneumoniae IN CHILDREN WITH PNEUMONIA AT AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, ZARIA.

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1989-03
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FARRAH, MIRZA
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Throat swabs and sera specimens were taken from 104 children suffering from clinically diagnosed pneumonia in the Pediatric Out Patients Unit of the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria. The swabs were cultured in standard mycoplasma medium supplemented with glucose. Any mycoplasmalike organism encountered was characterized biologically and serologically by standard techniques. The Complement Fixation Test was done on the sera samples to determine the Mycoplasma -pneumoniae antibody titre. The isolation and characterization techniques yeilded 2 isolates of M. pneumoniae (2%) and the complement fixation test gave 32 positive titres ( >-_l/64) of M. pneumoniae antibody (31%). Thus, from isolation and serology an incidence of 33% of M. pneumoniae was found in the pneumonia patients of pediatric age, 52 control patients were also taken for the study (that is those without clinical symptoms of pneumonia) from whom throat swabs and sera specimens were taken. No M. pneumoniae was isolated from the throat swabs and no serum sample gave a positive titre (> 1/64) in the control patients
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A thesis submitted to the Postgraduate School, Ahmadu Bello University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Department of Microbiology Faculty of Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria - Nigeria March, 1989
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INCIDENCE,, Mycoplasma,, pneumoniae,, CHILDREN, PNEUMONIA,, AHMADU, BELLO, UNIVERSITY, TEACHING, HOSPITAL,, ZARIA.
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