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The incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in community acquired pneumonia among children: one centre study

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Infectious diseases
Medical bacteriology

Abstract

Background: Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is an important cause of pediatric community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of M. pneumoniae in pediatric community acquired pneumonia and to determine the most frequent clinical findings of M. pneumoniae CAP. Methods: A total of 83 pediatric CAP patients were subjected to history taking, clinical examination, chest X-ray, CBC, CRP and serum antimycoplasma pneumonia IgM and IgA by ELISA. Results: Twenty-nine (34.9%) out of 83 patients were positive for M. pneumoniae Ig M while 2 (3.4%) patients were positive for M. pneumoniae Ig A. There were more infection (54%) in age group (5-9 years; p value = <0.001). M. pneumoniae pneumonia infected patients were presented with cough (29/29; 100%), fever (29/29; 100%), malaise (18/29; 43.8%), headache (16/29; 33.8%), wheeze (21/29; 52.5%), chest discomfort (13/29; 44.8%), sore throat (13/29; 46.4%), rhinitis (8/29; 27.5%) and pharyngitis (6/29; 24%). The most frequent X ray findings in M. pneumoniae pneumonia was air space pneumonia (71%); segmental more than lobar form (p-value = < 0.0001). Conclusion: The findings of this study highlight the clinical significance of M pneumoniae in pediatric community acquired pneumonia.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2020.29736.1012

Keywords

Mycoplasma Pneumoniae, pneumonia, Community Acquired Pneumonia

Authors

First Name

Ayman

Last Name

Allam

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Affiliation

Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

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egyayman66@yahoo.com

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0000-0002-6726-089

First Name

Khalid

Last Name

Salah

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-

Affiliation

Pediatrics Department, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

Email

aahussinn@medicine.zu.edu.eg

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Orcid

-

First Name

Dina

Last Name

Shokry

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-

Affiliation

Pediatrics Department, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

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egyaymanallam@gmail.com

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Orcid

-

First Name

Islam

Last Name

Abdulla

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-

Affiliation

Pediatrics Department, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

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tasneema_2004@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Shymaa

Last Name

Yehia

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-

Affiliation

Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

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shymaa_80@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

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First Name

Noha

Last Name

Hammad

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-

Affiliation

Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

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nmhammad@medicine.zu.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-9400-7822

Volume

1

Article Issue

3

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16205

Issue Date

2020-11-01

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2020-04-09

Publish Date

2020-11-01

Page Start

182

Page End

189

Print ISSN

2682-4132

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2682-4140

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15

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1,157

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Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/

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The incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in community acquired pneumonia among children: one centre study

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22 Jan 2023