What medicine to take for mycoplasma pneumonia infection

Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia is an acute lung inflammation caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, mainly interstitial lesions, and because the clinical manifestations of this type of pneumonia are significantly different from pneumonia caused by bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, β-lactam antibiotics and sulfonamides are ineffective.In clinical practice, macrolide antibiotics, quinolones, tetracycline antibiotics such as doxycycline and minocycline are often used as common drugs for the treatment of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The course of anti-infective therapy usually takes 10 to 14 days, and the course of treatment in some refractory cases can be extended to about 3 weeks, but it is not appropriate to take complete absorption of lung shadows as an indication for discontinuation of antimicrobials, among the above three antimicrobial drugs, quinolones may have adverse effects on bone development, and should generally be avoided in minors under 18 years of age; Tetracyclines can cause yellow staining of teeth and enamel dysplasia and should not be used in children under 8 years of age; Macrolide antibiotics may be used as the drug of choice for the treatment of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children. Among them, new macrolides such as azithromycin and clarithromycin have the characteristics of long half-life, less number of medications, light gastrointestinal reaction, high bioavailability, and high intracellular drug concentration.