Clinical characteristics of pleural effusion in children withMycoplasma pneumoniae / 临床儿科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the clinical characteristics of pleural effusion caused byMycoplasma pneumoniae in children.MethodsThe clinical data from children with pleural effusion caused byMycoplasma pneumoniae were retrospectively analyzed. Differences of clinical characteristics in children with pleural effusion caused byMycoplasma pneumoniae infection and non-Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection were compared. Moreover, multiple logistic regression analysis was performed on the factors that were identified to have statistical differences in single factor analysis. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was performed and the diagnostic boundary value of each factor and the diagnostic accuracy of the regression model were calculated.ResultsThere were statistical differences between children with pleural effusion caused byMycoplasma pneumoniae infection and by non-Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in age, white blood cell count, lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), levels of IgA and IgM, and the proportion of multiple nuclei, glucose and lactic acid (LAC) in pleural effusion, pleural thickening, and formation of ifbrous separation (allP??3.92 years, serum IgM?>?1.29 g/L, LDH?>?367 U/L and pleural effusion LAC?Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection should be highly suspected.