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  1. Department of Pulmonology, The Children’s Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 57 Zhugan Xiang, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

    Dan Xu, Shuxian Li & Zhimin Chen

  2. Department of Neonatology, The Children’s Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 57 Zhugan Xiang, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China

    Lizhong Du

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Xu, D., Li, S., Chen, Z. et al. Reply to “How to diagnose Mycoplasma pneumoniae etiology in a child with pneumonia”. Eur J Pediatr 171, 595–596 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-011-1594-3

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