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Table 2 The frequency of pathogen detection using the multiplex PCR among the CAP patients

From: The use of multiplex PCR for the detection of atypical pathogens in Egyptian children with CAP: a high rate of Bordetella pertussis in early infancy

Organism

Number (%)

Bordetella pertussis

8 (2%)

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

4 (1%)

Chlamydia pneumoniae

0 (0%)

Legionella pneumophilia

0 (0%)

  1. Data are described in number of cases (%)
  2. CAP community-acquired pneumonia