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Clinico-epidemiologic Study of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia(1993 through 2003)  

Lee, Seung-Hyun (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
No, Suk-Man (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Kyung-Yil (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Hyung-Shin (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Hong, Ja-Hyun (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Mi-Hee (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Joon-Sung (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Byung-Chul (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.48, no.2, 2005 , pp. 154-157 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose : We evaluated the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of mycoplasma pneumonia. Methods : A total of 559 medical records of children with mycoplasma pneumonia admitted to The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, were retrospectively analyzed. Results : The mean annual number of cases was 51. There was a higher occurrence in autumn (September-November, 41.7%) and in winter(26.7%). Outbreaks of mycoplasma pneumonia were noted in 1993-94, 1997, 2001, and 2003. The age distribution showed a peak frequency of 5-6 years of age and 68.2 percent of patients were in 3-8 years of age. The male-to-female ratio was 1.2 : 1. In comparison between 1994 and 2003, there was a difference in age distribution with a peak frequency of 5-6 years of age in 1994, and of 3-4 years of age in 2003. There were outbreaks during autumn and winter in 1993-94, and during summer and autumn in 2003. Conclusion : Outbreaks of mycoplasma pneumonia occurred every 2-4 years in Daejeon in accordance with nationwide epidemics during 1993-2003. The peak incidence of age in the recent outbreak was younger than in the outbreak which occurred 10 years ago, and in outbreaks in Western countries.
Keywords
Mycoplasma pneumonia; Epidemic; Epidemiology;
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