10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 6 Issue 3 2015 (July - September) lessThan i greaterThan Mycoplasma pneumoniae lessThan /i greaterThan is a common etiological agent of atypical pneumonia responsible for 10% to 20% cases. But the organism is not given much attention due to lack of diagnostic facilities. The increased awareness among the health care professionals, timely and rapid detection of the organism could be beneficial. A real time PCR assay adopted in our study can help quicker laboratory diagnosis. The prevalence of lessThan i greaterThan Mycoplasma pneumoniae lessThan /i greaterThan found adopting this method in a tertiary care centre of Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra was 16%. BHATTACHARJEE MINAKSHI, URHEKAR AD AND SHARMA REVATI Mycoasma pneumoniae, real time PCR, prevalence, atypical pneumoniae. 120-124