- - Mycoplasmapneumoniae

Tanu Sagar1, Anusha Rathi1, Vinayaraj Ev1

  • 1Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

概括

肺炎菌可导致儿童的面部,即使没有典型的肺炎症状. 通过PCR早期诊断对于识别这种神经复杂症至关重要.

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