A prediction study of IL-18 and IFN-γ in glucocorticoid treatment response in infants and young children with severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In infants and young children, the clinical decision to apply glucocorticoids to severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (SMPP) is more an empirical choice with reference to clinical symptoms, but the effect is not satisfying. We aimed to explore and identify early predictive indicators of ideal response to glucocorticoids treatment in SMPP in infants and young children.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the data of 59 patients, which met the age range and diagnostic criteria, admitted to Department of Pediatrics, the Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, from January to December 2017. Patients were divided into a glucocorticoid treatment group and a normal treatment group according to whether glucocorticoid treatment was used

SUBMITTER: Zhu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9173868 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature