Seroprevalencia de anticuerpos anti-Mycoplasma pneumoniae en niños menores de 12 años
| Autor: | Paula Domínguez, Jeanette Balbaryski, María José Rial, María J. Chiolo, Fernando Ferrero, Fernando Torres, María Fabiana Ossorio, Gabriela Sanluis Fenelli |
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| Jazyk: | Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Mycoplasma pneumoniae business.industry prevalencia Attendance Infección respiratoria aguda Routine laboratory neumonía Overcrowding Logistic regression medicine.disease_cause Independent predictor mycoplasma pneumoniae Serology Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine business serología niños Blood drawing |
| Zdroj: | Revista chilena de pediatría v.91 n.3 2020 SciELO Chile CONICYT Chile instacron:CONICYT |
| Popis: | Mycoplasma pneumoniae ( Mypn ) infection could be occurring at an earlier age due to social phenomena such as attending daycare centers more frequently and earlier than decades ago. Objective : to estimate the prevalence of anti- Mypn antibodies in children aged 0-12 years, and to explore whether age, attendance to daycare center/school, overcrowding or the presence of children aged below 12 years in the households increase the risk of seropositivity. Patients and Method: Cross-sectional study including healthy children aged 0-12 years which required blood draws for routine laboratory tests. In all cases, the aforementioned variables were recorded and anti- Mypn IgG was determined by enzyme immunoassay. The association between predictors and seropositivity was assessed in a logistic regression model. Results: We included 232 patients (average age 56.4 ± 40.0 months). 56.9% attended a daycare center/school, 63.8% co-habited with children under 12 years old, and 15.9% lived in overcrowded households. The prevalence of anti- Mypn antibodies was 14.6%. There were no significant differences between seropositive and seronegative children regarding age (63.1 ± 40.7 vs. 55.4 ± 41.3 months), school/day-care attendance (64.7% vs. 55.5%), overcrowding (14.7% vs. 14.9%), or co-habiting with children (64.7% vs. 63.6%). Age was not an independent predictor of seropositivity in the multivariate model. Conclusion: The prevalence of anti- Mypn antibodies in children was 14.6% and age was not a predictor of seropositivity. |
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