The changes of serum nerve growth factor and interleukin-15 in children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia and its clinical significance / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the changes of serum nerve growth factor(NGF) and interleukin(IL)-15 levels in children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia(MPP) and its clinical significance.Methods Using the antibody sandwich ELISA method to measure the serum NGF and IL-15 levels in 65 cases of MPP (MPP group,which contains two groupsthe severe group contains 25 patients and the mild group contains 40 patients) and 50 cases of healthy children (normal control group).Results The serum NGF,IL-15 levels in the acute phase of MPP group were (157.62 ± 33.45) pg/ml and (242.51 ± 60.04) pg/ml,and in the recovery period were (99.58 ±21.29) pg/ml and (145.90 ±50.25) pg/ml,they were all significantly higher than the normal control group [(29.86-± 11.74) pg/ml and (108.86 ± 21.14) pg/ml,P ＜ 0.05].The serum NGF,IL-15 of the acute phase were also higher than the recovery period (P ＜0.05).In the acute phase of MPP,serum NGF,IL-15 levels in the severe group were significantly higher than in the mild group [(204.38±27.52) pg/ml vs (128.39 ±22.07) pg/ml,(288.58 ±55.33) pg/ml vs (213.71 ±42.69) pg/ml],and the differences were statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05) ; in the recovery period of MPP group,the serum NGF,IL-15 levels of severe group were higher than the mild group,but the difference was not statistically significant (P ＞0.05).Conclusion The serum levels of NGF,IL-15 in the mycoplasma pneumoniae infection patients are significantly increased,and they are all decreased as the disease mitigation.It is prompted that NGF and IL-15 participate in the pathogenesis of infection by mycoplasma pneumoniae.