Correlation Between the Clinical Severity, Bacterial Load, and Inflammatory Reaction in Children with Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia

• Published in: Current medical science Vol. 40; no. 5; pp. 822 - 828
• Main Authors: Zhang, Chen, Zhang, Qiao, Du, Jie-lin, Deng, Dan, Gao, Ye-lei, Wang, Cheng-lin, Zhao, Hong-jie, Guo, Qian, Fu, Zhou, Tian, Dai-yin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wuhan Huazhong University of Science and Technology 01.10.2020; Department of Pulmonology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing 400014,China
• Subjects: Bacterial Load - genetics; Biomarkers - metabolism; C-Reactive Protein - genetics; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Inflammation - epidemiology; Inflammation - microbiology; Inflammation - pathology; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mycoplasma pneumoniae - pathogenicity; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - metabolism; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - microbiology; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - pathology; Retrospective Studies; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; mycoplasma pneumonia; bacterial load

Summary Given the lack of defining features in the clinical manifestations and radiographic findings for children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP), quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) has become a useful diagnostic method. This study was performed to explore the relationship betw...