ArticleItalian journal of pediatrics2013
Epidemiology and associations with climatic conditions of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae infections among Chinese children hospitalized with acute respiratory infections.
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Abstract
backgroundThe incidence of severe acute respiratory tract infections in children caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae (syn. Schizoplasma pneumoniae) and Chlamydophila pneumoniae (formerly Chlamydia pneumoniae) varies greatly from year to year and place to place around the world. This study investigated the epidemiology of M. pneumoniae and C. pneumoniae infections among children hospitalized with acute respiratory infections in Suzhou, China in the year 2006, and associations between incidence rates and climatic conditions.
methodsNasopharyngeal aspirates obtained from 1598 patients (aged 26.4 ± 28.3 months; range, 1 month to 13 years) were analyzed with real-time PCR and ELISA. Meteorological data were obtained from the weather bureau.
resultsAbout 18.5% of patients were infected with M. pneumoniae and, C. pneumoniae, or both. Isolated M. pneumoniae infection was positively correlated with increasing age (χ² = 34.76, P < 0.0001). Incidence of M. pneumoniae infection was seasonal with a peak in summer (P < 0.0001) and minimum in winter (P = 0.0001), whereas C. pneumoniae infection was low only in autumn (P = 0.02). Monthly mean temperature was strongly correlated with the incidence of M. pneumoniae infection (r = 0.825, P = 0.001).
conclusionsM. pneumoniae and C. pneumoniae are important infectious agents in hospitalized children with acute respiratory tract infections. M. pneumoniae infection showed a strong direct correlation with environmental temperature.
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