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Table 1 Proportion of patients with atypical pathogen positive community - acquired pneumonia on the basis of PCR and serological findings

From: First report on prevalence and risk factors of severe atypical pneumonia in Vietnamese children aged 1–15 years

Total number of enrolled patients with community acquired pneumonia: 722

Total number of atypical pathogen positive patients: 215 (29.78%)

Detected Pathogen

By only ELISA

By only PCR

By both PCR and ELISA

Total of atypical pathogen positive cases

M. pneumoniae

9

42

139

190

C. pneumoniae

0

7

6

13

L. pneumophila

0

1

11

12