肺炎菌菌病的复发:病原和新的方法

Hamed Tahmasebi1, Ali Babaeizad2, Maryam Mohammadlou3

  • 1School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.

Microbial pathogenesis
|September 16, 2024
PubMed
概括

由于气候变化和免疫力下降,Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) 正在全球范围内出现. 像卫生一样,从COVID-19中吸取的教训可以帮助管理M. pneumoniae疫情.

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