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Epidemiological characteristics and related risk factors of mixed infection in children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.
New Microbiol
November 2024
Department of Children's Respiratory Medicine, Shandong Provincial Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital Affiliated with Qingdao University, Jinan 250014, Shandong Province, China.
Article Synopsis
- The research identified that the mixed infection rate was 50.27%, with younger children under 1 year showing the highest bacterial co-infection rate and older children (1-5 years and >5 years) having higher viral co-infection rates.
- Certain risk factors like having extrapulmonary complications, prolonged fever, elevated white blood cell counts, and age correlated with the likelihood of concurrent infections, which can inform better clinical practices for diagnosis and treatment.