Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Children with Acute Respiratory Infection in General Practices in The Netherlands
| Autor: | J. W. Dorigo-Zetsma, Jeroen H. T. Tjhie, A. I. M. Bartelds, A. J. C. van den Brule, R. Roosendaal, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, T. M. Bestebroer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Microbiology (medical) Mycoplasma pneumoniae Adolescent Mycoplasmataceae Nose medicine.disease_cause Polymerase Chain Reaction medicine Humans Chlamydiaceae Longitudinal Studies Child Respiratory Tract Infections Netherlands Retrospective Studies Chlamydia General Immunology and Microbiology biology business.industry Infant Newborn Infant Respiratory infection General Medicine Chlamydophila pneumoniae biology.organism_classification medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Pneumonia Infectious Diseases Child Preschool Chlamydiales Acute Disease Immunology Mollicutes Pharynx Female Seasons Family Practice business |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 32:13-17 |
| ISSN: | 1651-1980 0036-5548 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00365540050164155 |
| Popis: | In this retrospective study Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in samples (n = 457) from children presenting with acute respiratory infection to general practitioners during 1992-97. Samples were collected in autumn and winter, and from 1994 onwards in spring and summer also. Overall, C. pneumoniae and M. pneumoniae were detected in throat or nasal samples by PCR in 3.1% and 2.4% of the cases, respectively. The proportion of both C. pneumoniae and M. pneumoniae infections varied between 0% and 6.9% over the years studied, whereas seasonal proportions varied from 1.8 to 9.1% and 1.2 to 4.5%, respectively. For both microorganisms the lowest proportion was detected during winter and the highest in summer. C. pneumoniae could already be detected by PCR in patients under 4 y of age, an observation not made in sero-epidemiological studies. In conclusion, both C. pneumoniae and M. pneumoniae infections play a minor role in children presenting with acute respiratory infection. |
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