Prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae among children undergoing physical examination
10.3760/cma.j.cn112309-20230615-00172
- VernacularTitle:健康体检儿童肺炎支原体检出情况研究
- Author:
Shaoli LI
1
;
Liyong LIU
;
Lele HUANG
;
Jie LIU
;
Lei WANG
;
Li DANG
;
Caixin XIANG
;
Ying YANG
;
Fei ZHAO
Author Information
1. 首都儿科研究所转化医学研究室，北京 100020
- Keywords:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae;
Healthy people;
Detection rate;
Isolation and culturing
- From:
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
2023;43(7):555-558
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae ( Mp) in children undergoing physical examination. Methods:This study randomly enrolled 1 303 children at the age of 6-12 years who underwent physical examination in 2023. Their oral and pharyngeal swabs as well as venous blood samples were collected. The prevalence of Mp in these subjects was detected using isolation and culturing, nucleic acid detection and serological test. Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis. Results:Among the 1 303 children, the detection rate of Mp was 4.1% (53/1 303) by culturing, 7.3% (95/1 303) by nucleic acid detection and 13.6% (177/1 303) by serological test. Statistical analysis showed that there were significant differences in the the detection rates of Mp among children undergoing physical examination between the three methods ( P<0.05). Conclusions:The detection rate of Mp in children undergoing physical examination in 2023 was about 4.1%. Isolation and culturing was more accurate than nucleic acid detection and serological test in the detection of Mp in healthy population as the latter two methods would overestimate the rate.
