Detection of Legionella Pneumophila in Low Respiratory Tract Infection in Children Less Than 5 Years Old
- VernacularTitle:5岁以下下呼吸道感染儿童嗜肺军团菌检测的意义
- Author:
guo-hong, ZHU
;
ying-shuo, WANG
;
zhi-min, CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
low respiratory tract infection;
legionella pneumophila;
child
- From:Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2006;0(23):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the present situation of legionella pneumophila(Lp) infection of low respiratory tract infection in children less than 5 years old.Methods Three hundred hospitalized patients with the diagnosis of low respiratory tract infection were enrolled in the study,191 males,109 females,aged 27 d to 5 years old,course from 1 d to 6 months.Serum antibody(IgM,IgG) of Lp serogroup 1-7 was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).Results In the patients,17 cases were positive,and the positive rate was 5.67%.Of the 17 children,the males(n=11) and females(n=6) did not significantly influence the positive rate(5.76% vs 5.50%).Four of them were between 27 days and 1 year old;7 were 1 to 3 years old,6 were 3 to 5 years old.The positive rates were significantly different among the 3 groups(2.53% vs 7.37% vs 12.77%) and tendentially increased following the increase of age(?2=7.8164 P
