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has been implicated in respiratory diseases. This study aimed to unveil the aetiological role of this bacterium in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and bronchitis in Jordanian adults. Nasopharyngeal samples were collected from 98 CAP or bronchitis patients and 96 control individuals, and tested for nucleic acids using a PCR assay. The overall prevalence of the bacterial DNA in patients was markedly high and reached 57.1 %. Intriguingly, DNA was detected in 62.5 % of the nasopharyngeal swabs collected from apparently healthy controls (>0.05). The DNA positivity in the bronchitis and CAP subgroups was 57.7 and 56.9 %, respectively, percentages that are approximately comparable to the DNA positivity assessed for the entire patient population. is most likely not a causative agent of CAP or bronchitis, despite its remarkable high prevalence. This organism, in the nasopharynx, is potentially harmless to the host and may coexist in a commensal relationship.

Keyword(s): bronchitis , Jordan , PCR , pneumonia , prevalence and Simkania
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