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