Mycoplasma infection in infants at 5 months of age

Mycoplasma pneumonia, formerly known as primary atypical pneumonia and condensation positive pneumonia, is caused by mycoplasma 9 (MP) infection, with interstitial pneumonia and bronchiolitis-like changes in the basic course of the disease, and the clinical manifestations are lung inflammation with intractable severe cough.

MP is one of the important pathogens of pneumonia and other respiratory infections in childhood. The treatment of pediatric MP pneumonia is basically the same as that of general pneumonia, and comprehensive treatment measures are adopted.

It includes five aspects: general treatment, symptomatic treatment, antibiotic use, adrenocorticosteroids, and treatment of extrapulmonary complications. General treatment includes respiratory isolation, keeping room air fresh, providing easily digestible, nutritious food and adequate fluids.

Maintain oral hygiene and respiratory tract patency, often turn over the child, pat the back, change the position, promote the discharge of secretions, and if necessary, appropriate sputum suction, clear viscous secretions. Oxygen should be given in time for severe patients with hypoxia or severe airway obstruction.

In addition, the symptomatic treatment is mainly expectorant and cough suppressant. Antibiotics are used in macrolide antibiotics such as erythromycin, spiramycin, madisomycin, leukomycin, azithromycin, etc.