Epidemiological relationship between <i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i> pneumonia and recurrent wheezing episode in children: an observational study at a single hospital in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study was aimed to evaluate epidemiological and clinical relationship between Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) infection and childhood recurrent wheezing episode (RWE).

Design

Retrospective case note review.

Setting

Paediatric department at a single Korean institution.

Participants

Consecutive admitted patients with MP pneumonia and RWE (0-15 years of age) between 2003 and 2014.

Methods

The retrospective medical records of patients with (MP) pneumonia (n=793 for epidemiological analysis and n=501 for clinical analysis) and those with RWE (n=384) from 2003 to 2014 were analysed. Diagnosis of MP pneumonia was made based on two-times titration of IgM antibody during hospitalisation. An RWE patient was defined as one with expiratory wheezing

SUBMITTER: Rhim JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500193 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature