MYCOPLASMA INFECTION IN CHILDREN: CURRENT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

Abstract

Presents literary and own data (52 patients) on the role of mycoplasma infection. Mycoplasma infection is associated with long-term antigenemia in children, causes recurrent disease and autoimmunity. Among the 52 examined patients diagnosed with pneumonia in 17, bronchitis — from 19, rhinosinusitis — at 11, StevensJohnson syndrome — in 2 children. In half the cases mycoplasmosis occurs against the backdrop of persistent active herpes virus infection (in 27 children (52%). To optimize the causal and pathogenetic therapy mycoplasma requires correction of immune disorders.

Keywords

• mycoplasma infection
• children
• pneumonia
• stevens-johnson syndrome