Детские инфекции (Москва) (Sep 2016)

MYCOPLASMA INFECTION IN CHILDREN: CURRENT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

  • F. S. Harlamova,
  • O. V. Shamsheva,
  • D. A. Vorobyevа,
  • J. V. Romanova,
  • N. L. Valtts,
  • A. V. Denisova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22627/2072-8107-2016-15-3-50-57
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 3
pp. 50 – 57

Abstract

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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.

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