Open AccessRespiratory mycoplasmosis in pediatrician's practice
Author(s) -
А Л Заплатников,
И. Д. Майкова,
И. В. Леписева
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medicinskij sovet
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-5790
pISSN - 2079-701X
DOI - 10.21518/2079-701x-2016-1-157-161
Subject(s) - mycoplasma pneumoniae , respiratory system , mycoplasma , immunology , biology , respiratory infection , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , pneumonia
Respiratory mycoplasmosis is a group of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the respiratory system caused by pathogenic microorganisms - Mycoplasma species. It was found that the major causative agent is Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae). The role of other mycoplasma pathogens in the development of respiratory infections still remains a subject of debate. Hence, the term "respiratory mycoplasmosis" is generally associated with M-pneumoniae infection [5, 7, 15, 22].