European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology
Impact of point-of-care multiplex PCR for Mycoplasma pneumoniae community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department.
Jérémy Guenezan, Luc Deroche, Nicolas Marjanovic, Mélyne Piton, Bertrand Drugeon, Benjamin Bigaud, Martin Billaud, Nicolas Leveque, Olivier Mimoz
Published: 202510.1007/s10096-025-05370-8
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a frequent and challenging diagnosis in Emergency Departments (EDs), often leading to unnecessarily broad-spectrum or ineffective antibiotic therapy. We hypothesize that r…
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