Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in hospitalized children diagnosed at acute stage by paired sera
Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in hospitalized children diagnosed at acute stage by paired sera
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DOI:
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.23.013
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发表时间:
2010-12-05
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Liu Zhen-ye
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作者:
Liu Chun-ling;Wang Gui-qiang;Liu Zhen-ye
Background Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M pneumoniae) is a frequent cause of respiratory tract infections However, there is deficient knowledge about the clinical manifestations of M pneumoniae infection We described the clinical and laboratory findings of M pneumoniae pneumonia in hospitalized children who were all diagnosed by a >= fourfold increase in antibody titerMethods M pneumoniae antibodies were routinely detected in children admitted with acute respiratory infection during a one-year period The medical history was re-collected from children whose M pneumoniae antibody titer increased >= fourfold at the bedside by a single person, and their frozen paired serum samples were measured again for the M pneumoniae antibody titerResults Of the 635 children whose sera were detected for the M pneumoniae antibody paired sera were obtained from 82 and 29 3% (24/82) showed a >= fourfold increase in antibody titer There were 24 cases nine boys and 15 girls, aged from two to 14 years, whose second serum samples were taken on day 9 at the earliest after symptom onset, the shortest interval was three days All children presented with a high fever (>= 38 5 degrees C) and coughing Twenty one had no nasal obstruction or a runny nose and five had mild headaches which all were associated with the high fever The disease was comparatively severe if the peak temperature was >39 5 degrees C All were diagnosed as having pneumonia through chest X-rays Four had bilateral or multilobar involvement and their peak temperatures were all 39 5 degrees C) is correlated with the severity of M pneumoniae pneumonia in children