Open AccessA role of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Мycoplasma рneumoniae and Сhlamydia pneumoniae in community-acquired pneumonia in children
Author(s) -
L. A. Vishnyakova,
М. А. Никитина,
S.I. Petrova,
A. V. Papayan,
S. P. Vydumkina,
T. V. Smolianinova
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
pulʹmonologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2541-9617
pISSN - 0869-0189
DOI - 10.18093/0869-0189-2005-0-3-43-47
Subject(s) - streptococcus pneumoniae , pneumonia , etiology , community acquired pneumonia , medicine , pathogen , epidemiology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics
This work investigated etiology of communityacquired pneumonia in children at SanktPetersburg from 1998 to 2001 using microbiological and immunological methods. S.pneumoniae was found to be a cause of pneumonia in 74.5 % of the patients and it was the leading pathogen out of proportion with the children's age. C. pneumoniae was detected in 67.3 % of the patients, prevalently in children 1 to 7 years old. The acute Мycoplasma рneumoniae respiratory infection was diagnosed in 40.4 % of the children. Non typing strains of H. influenzae were yielded in 10.2 % of the patients. Most patients had microbial associations that demonstrates multiple etiology of the current community-acquired pneumonia in children. Epidemiological rise in spread of acute respiratory C. pneumoniae infection was noted during last 4 years at Sankt-Petersburg which was thought to be a cause of a sharp increase in frequency of childhood community-acquired pneumonia.