Association of atopy with disease severity in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Autor: ChenRong Bian, SongTao Li, ShaoHu Huo, BeiBei Yang, PingPing Wang, WenHong Li, ShengGang Ding
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Pediatrics, Vol 11 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-2360
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1281479
Popis: BackgroundMycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) is common among children, but the impact of atopy on MPP severity in children is unknown. This study investigated whether atopic vs. nonatopic children had greater MPP severity.MethodsRetrospective analysis was conducted on 539 (ages 3–14 years) patients who were hospitalized in the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University for MPP between January 2018 and December 2021, 195 were atopic and 344 were nonatopic. Of them, 204 had refractory MPP, and 335 had general MPP. And of atopic children, 94 had refractory MPP, and 101 had general MPP. Data on demographic and clinical characteristics, laboratory findings, clinical treatments were analyzed.ResultsSignificantly more boys with MPP were atopic than nonatopic (P
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