Clinical manifestations in infants and children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in older children. Pulmonary and extra-pulmonary symptoms associated with M. pneumoniae infection are reported. M. pneumoniae is mainly epidemic in Denmark with the recurrence every 4-7th year.

Aims

Retrospectively, to describe the epidemiology and clinical features, in infants and children, during the M. pneumoniae epidemic in 2010 and 2011.

Methods

All children under the age of 16 that were tested for M. pneumoniae during the period 01.02.2010-31.01.2012 were included. Medical charts, as well as radiological findings, were reviewed for all children with M. pneumoniae. A post-hoc analysis of viral co-infections was done on part of the cohort.

Results

134 of 746 children were tes

SUBMITTER: Sondergaard MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5919654 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature