کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4212208 1280668 2008 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Epidemiology and clinical features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پزشکی ریوی و تنفسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Epidemiology and clinical features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryMycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) is, considered to affect rarely children less than 5 yrts of age. This study was performed to describe the epidemiology and the clinical features of MP lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in children, presenting to a tertiary children hospital.Eleven month-longitudinal study of LRTI due to MP, diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on throat swab specimen, was performed.Out of 866 children with LRTI admitted to the Gaslini Pediatric Institute in Genoa, 102 had a positive PCR for MP. We found 39 preschool-aged children, 42 school-aged children and 21 young adolescent [6.20 (3.81) yrs old]. Interestingly, eight MP+ infants had <8 months of age. The commonest presentations were cough and/or fever (76.5%). Tachypnoea, upper respiratory tract involvement, diarrhoea and vomiting were more common in the <5 yr Gr as compared to the other groups. Chest X-ray was found abnormal in 76 children: consolidations were the commonest finding. Laboratory test showed that the preschool-aged children had a higher number of lymphocytes (p < 0.0001) and monocytes (p = 0.009). Thrombocytosis was found in 35.7% of children and was more frequent in the preschool-aged children (p = 0.013).MP infection is common in preschool-aged children, including young infants, and may have different clinical presentation, as compared to older children.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Respiratory Medicine - Volume 102, Issue 12, December 2008, Pages 1762–1768
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