Clinical, radiographic and hematological characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 480-487

  Vervloet, Letícia Alves ^a   Camargos, Paulo Augusto Moreira ^b   Soares, Damião Ranulfo Fernandes ^c,d   De Oliveira, Gabriel Antônio ^d   De Oliveira, Janúncio Nunes ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Hospital Infantil Nossa Senhora da Glória   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Pneumonia; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 78650159750     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.2058     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Vervloet LA, Marguet C, Camargos PA. Infection by Mycoplasma pneumoniae and its importance as an etiological agent in childhood community-acquired pneumonias. Braz J Infect Dis. 2007;11:507-14. (Pubitemid 350111050)
2. British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee. British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in childhood. Thorax. 2002;57 Suppl 1:i1-24.
3. McCracken GH Jr. Diagnosis and management of pneumonia in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2000;19:924-8.
4. McIntosh K. Community-acquired pneumonia in children. N Engl J Med. 2002;346:429-37.McIntosh K. Community-acquired pneumonia in children. N Engl J Med. 2002;346:429-37. (Pubitemid 34437699)
5. Tsolia MN, Psarras S, Bossios A, Audi H, Paldanius M, Gourgiotis D, et al. Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized school-age children: evidence for high prevalence of viral infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2004;39:681-6. (Pubitemid 39180441)
6. Hammerschlag MR. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2001;14:181-6.
7. Korppi M. Community-acquired pneumonia in children: issues in optimizing antibacterial treatment. Paediatr Drugs. 2003;5:821-32. (Pubitemid 38030607)
8. Moreno L, Krishnan JA, Duran P, Ferrero F. Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule to distinguish bacterial from viral pneumonia in children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2006;41:331-7.
9. World Health Organization. Dept. of Child and Adolescent Health and Development; Unicef. Management of the child with a serious infection or severe malnutrition: guidelines for care at the first referral level in developing countries. Geneva; WHO; 2000.
10. Petitjean J, Vabret A, Gouarin S, Freymuth F. Evaluation of four commercial immunoglobulin G (IgG)- and IgM-specific enzyme immunoassays for diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. J Clin Microbiol. 2002;40:165-71. (Pubitemid 34027620)
11. Jadavji T, Law B, Lebel MH, Kennedy WA, Gold R, Wang EE. A practical guide for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric pneumonia. CMAJ. 1997;156:S703-11.
12. Michelow IC, Olsen K, Lozano J, Rollins NK, Duffy LB, Ziegler T, et al. Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized children. Pediatrics. 2004;113:701-7. (Pubitemid 38437371)
13. Korppi M, Heiskanen-Kosma T, Kleemola M. Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia in children caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae: serological results of a prospective, population-based study in primary health care. Respirology. 2004;9:109-14. (Pubitemid 38647779)
14. Waris ME, Toikka P, Saarinen T, Nikkari S, Meurman O, Vainionpää R, et al. Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children. J Clin Microbiol. 1998;36:3155-9. (Pubitemid 28476156)
15. Esposito S, Bosis S, Cavagna R, Faelli N, Begliatti E, Marchisio P, et al. Characteristics of Streptococcus pneumoniae and atypical bacterial infections in children 2-5 years of age with community-acquired pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis. 2002;35:1345-52. (Pubitemid 35448962)
16. Heiskanen-Kosma T, Korppi M, Jokinen C, Kurki S, Heiskanen L, Juvonen H, et al. Etiology of childhood pneumonia: serologic results of a prospective, population-based study. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1998;17:986-91. (Pubitemid 28549416)
17. Waites KB. New concepts of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2003;36:267-78. (Pubitemid 37129765)
18. Russell G. Community acquired pneumonia. Arch Dis Child. 2001;85:445-6.
19. Davies HD, Wang EE, Manson D, Babyn P, Shuckett B. Reliability of the chest radiograph in the diagnosis of lower respiratory infections in young children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1996;15:600-4. (Pubitemid 26240800)
20. Virkki R, Juven T, Rikalainen H, Svedstrom E, Mertsola J, Ruuskanen O. Differentiation of bacterial and viral pneumonia in children. Thorax. 2002;57:438-41. (Pubitemid 34494156)
21. Swingler GH. Radiologic differentiation between bacterial and viral lower respiratory infection in children: a systematic literature review. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2000;39:627-33.
22. Khamapirad T, Glezen WP. Clinical and radiographic assessment of acute lower respiratory tract disease in infants and children. Semin Respir Infect. 1987;2:130-44.
23. Donnelly LF. Maximizing the usefulness of imaging in children with community-acquired pneumonia. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999;172:505-12. (Pubitemid 29082679)
24. Shen YH, Hwang KP, Niu CK. Complicated parapneumonic effusion and empyema in children. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2006;39:483-8.