Analysis on mycoplasma pneumoniae infection status in children with respiratory tract infection in Haikou area during 2014 / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae(MP)infection in children with acute respiratory tract infection in Haikou area and surrounding area to provide a scientific evidence for the prevention and treatment of MP infection in children.Methods A total of 1 699 children inpatients with acute respiratory tract infection in our hospital from 1 January to 1 December,2014 were collected.The serum MP antibody was detected.The MP infection status of different sites,genders,ages and months was retrospectively analyzed.Results Among 1 699 children patients with acute respiratory tract infection,the total positive rate of MP infection was 17.60％,in which male was 15.73％ and female was 21.59％,the positive rate of female was higher than that of male with statistical difference(P＜0.01).The lower respiratory infection rate was 18.75％ and upper respiratory tract infection was 13.70％,the difference was statistically significant(P＜0.05).The MP infection rates was common in children aged >1-4 years old,in which children aged >3-4 years old had the highest infection rate.MP infection was sporadic in the whole year and was highly epidemic in March and April.Conclusion MP was an important pathogen of acute respiratory tract infection for children in Haikou during 2014,and its epidemic characteristics were manifested by higher incidence in female than that in male.Children aged within 4 years old are a high onset group and MP infection occurs all year round,March and April are the relatively high onset period of MP infecting.