Open AccessFEATURES OF THE OUTBREAK OF THE COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA CAUSED BY MYCOPLASMA PNEUMOINIAE AT CHILDREN IN KHABAROVSK REGION
Author(s) -
O. E. Guseva,
О. А. Лебедько,
Е Б Наговицына,
Michail Lazutkin,
E. A. Savitskaya,
S. V. Klyueva,
O. V. Putilina
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
žurnal mikrobiologii, èpidemiologii i immunobiologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-7613
pISSN - 0372-9311
DOI - 10.36233/0372-9311-2018-1-39-45
Subject(s) - mycoplasma pneumoniae , outbreak , pneumonia , community acquired pneumonia , 23s ribosomal rna , sputum , incidence (geometry) , pathogen , medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , pathology , gene , genetics , tuberculosis , ribosome , rna , physics , optics
Aim. To study the features of outbreak of community-acquired pneumonia caused by M. pneumoniae in children in the Khabarovsk region during the autumn-winter period 2016 - 2017. Materials and methods. A study was conducted of 30 clinical samples - smears from the posterior pharyngeal wall and sputum samples obtained from patients with community-acquired pneumonia due to M. pneumoniae. Samples were examined for the presence of mutations in the 23S rRNA gene of M. pneumoniae. Results. The age ofthe patients was from 2 to 16 years. In two cases, family foci of the incidence of community-acquired pneumonia occurred. In 19 samples, a mutation was detected in 23S rRNA of M. pneumoniae. Conclusion. The data obtained indicate that in the development of the outbreak of community-acquired pneumonia caused by M. pneumoniae in children in the Khabarovsk region in the autumn-winter period 2016 - 2017, macrolide-resistant strains of the pathogen were involved.