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Mycoplasma Pneumoniae and Bronchial Asthma in Children

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Background: Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways resulting in recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and cough, particularly at night and early morning. Mycoplasma pneumonia is a frequent cause of acute respiratory infections in children. It can cause pharyngitis, otitis media, tracheobronchitis or community acquired pneumonia, but may also remain totally asymptomatic. 
Aim of the work: The aim of the study is to find out the relation between Mycoplasma Pneumoniae infection and bronchial asthma in children.
Patients and Methods:A cross sectional study carried out at the Al-Azhar University Hospital in Damietta in the period from October 2018 to October 2019. It included 80 asthmatic children in acute attack. Patient demographics, asthma severity and laboratory investigations had been documented. In addition, IgM for Mycoplasma pneumoniae had been determined, and associated with other factors.  
Results: Mild asthma reported in (76.25%), moderate asthma (17.5%), and severe asthma (6.25%). Eosinophils had significantly increased in severe asthma (5.00±3.24) when compared to moderate (3.57±1.55) or mild asthma (2.33±1.11). Similarly, IgM of M. pneumoniae was significantly increased in severe asthma (1.03±0.69) when compared to moderate (0.67±0.45) or mild asthma (0.61±0.21). None of children with mild asthma had positive IgM while 14.28% of moderate asthma had positive results and 80.0% of severe asthma had positive IgM for M. Pneumoniae.  
Conclusion: Mycoplasma Pneumoniae infection is common in children with acute attacks of asthma and Mycoplasma Pneumoniae infection is associated with the trigger asthma exacerbation and associated with the severity of asthma.

DOI

10.21608/ijma.2020.24211.1103

Keywords

bronchial asthma, Mycoplasma Pneumoniae, Eosinophilia, Community acquired, pneumonia

Authors

First Name

Hala

Last Name

Elzawawy

MiddleName

Mohammed Kamal

Affiliation

Damanhoor Medical National Institute, Ministry of Health, Egypt

Email

halaelzawawy11@gmail.com

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First Name

Magdy

Last Name

Sakr

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Email

sakrmagdy@hotmail.com

City

damietta

Orcid

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First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Abdel-Aal

MiddleName

Ibrahim

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Email

drabdelaalmo@gmail.com

City

damietta

Orcid

-

First Name

Hesham

Last Name

Abd al-samee

MiddleName

Samir

Affiliation

Department of Clinical Pathology, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt.

Email

dr.hesham012@gmail.com

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Orcid

27608151100155

Volume

2

Article Issue

3

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16043

Issue Date

2020-07-01

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2020-02-20

Publish Date

2020-07-01

Page Start

599

Page End

603

Print ISSN

2636-4174

Online ISSN

2682-3780

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IJMA_Volume 2_Issue 3_Pages 599-603.pdf

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International Journal of Medical Arts

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Mycoplasma Pneumoniae and Bronchial Asthma in Children

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Created At

22 Jan 2023