Study on mycoplasma pneumonia in children from 4-15 year old in the Hue Central Hospital
- Author:
Nguyen Thang Long
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
pneumia
- MeSH:
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma;
Child;
Epidemiology
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;10():67-70
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
We study 86 pneumonia patients from 4-15 years old who were admitted to
the Pediatric Department of the Hue Central Hospital, Thua Thien Hue province, Viet Nam over 14 months (from April 2004 to June 2005). Detection of anti- M.pneumoniae IgM of these patients, 27 cases have positive tests (31.4%).There was no statistic difference between male and female, urban area and countryside. The M.pneumoniae pneumonias were detected throughout the year but predominantly from April to June (31.5%) by admission. The results of this study showed some clinical features that could be frequently happened: cough, expectorant, mild fever (< 39oC), the white blood cells count less than 15,000 per mm3 (83.3%). The X ray of lungs are frequent the inertial and alveolar infiltration (54.2%). M.pneumoniae-related pneumonia were treated successfully with macrolide antibiotics.
