Clinical study on the effect of oral and acupoint application of traditional chinese medicine combined with azithromycin for the children with mycoplasma pneumonia / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinical curative effect of oral and acupoint application of traditional chinese medicine combined with Azithromycin for the children with Mycoplasma Pneumonia. Methods A total of 160 children with mycoplasma pneumonia were divided into two groups according to digital random table method, with 80 cases in each group. The patients of the two groups were given conventional treatment to relieve cough and reduce phlegm; On the basic treatment of conventional treatment, the control group were treated with azithromycin, wile the treatment group were treated with oral traditional chinese medicine Tinghuang runfei decotion and acupointion application of Tinglizi, Baijiezi, Shengnanxing, Dahuang, and Bingpian. The treatment of both groups last 3 weeks. The time of defervescence, the disappearance time of cough and pulmonaryrales of the two groups were compared, and the serum levels of inter leukin 8 (IL-8), tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a), thrombin regulatory proteins (TM), D-dimer were compared before and after treatment. The total effect rate and the incidence of adverse events were compared.Results The defervesce time (3.79 ± 1.68 dvs. 4.88 ± 1.61 d,t=3.846), disappearance time of cough (8.21 ± 2.42 dvs. 10.35 ± 2.60 d,t=5.389) and disappearance time of pulmonary rales (6.21 ± 1.89 dvs. 7.78 ± 2.08 d,t=4.997) in the treatment group were significantly less than those in the control group (P<0.01). The levels of IL-8 (9.98 ± 4.26 ng/Lvs.14.18 ± 4.82 ng/L, t=5.840), TNF-a (20.78 ± 5.93ng/Lvs. 26.07 ± 6.42 ng/L,t=5.414), TM (9.63 ±  2.88μg/Lvs. 13.08 ± 3.37μg/L,t=6.961), D-dimer levels (0.09 ± 0.04 ng/Lvs. 0.15 ± 0.06 ng/L,t=7.442) the treatment group were significantly better than those in the control group (P<0.01). The total effect rate in the treatment gruop was significantly higher than that of the control group (97.5%vs. 88.8%;χ2=4.783,P=0.029), but there was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse events between the two groups (16.3%vs. 10.0%;χ2=1.370,P=0.272).Conclusions Oral and acupointion of traditional chinese medicine Tinghuang runfei decotion combined with azithromycin could relieve the symptoms, improve the clincal effect and show its safety for the children with mycoplasma pneumonia.