Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections and Primary Immune Deficiencies

Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is one of the leading causes of community-acquired pneumonia in children and is also implicated in a variety of reactive extrapulmonary diseases. Recurrent and/or severe respiratory infections are one of the most frequent manifestations of several types of prima...

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Published in:International journal of clinical practice (Esher) 2022-07, Vol.2022, p.1-6
Main Authors: Poddighe, Dimitri, Demirkaya, Erkan, Sazonov, Vitaliy, Romano, Micol
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Bacterial infections
Children
Chronic illnesses
Congenital diseases
Disease
Epidemiology
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Immune system
Immunodeficiency
Immunoglobulins
Immunology
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Pathogens
Patients
Pediatrics
Pneumonia
Primary immunodeficiencies
Recurrent infection
Respiratory tract infection
Review
Streptococcus infections
Viruses
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Summary:Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is one of the leading causes of community-acquired pneumonia in children and is also implicated in a variety of reactive extrapulmonary diseases. Recurrent and/or severe respiratory infections are one of the most frequent manifestations of several types of primary immunodeficiency. Here, we reviewed the medical literature to assess the potential relevance of M. pneumoniae in the infections observed in children affected with combined, humoral, and innate primary immune deficiencies. M. pneumoniae does not result to be epidemiologically prevalent as a cause of pneumonia in children affected by primary immunodeficiencies, but this infection can have a persistent or severe course in this category of patients. Indeed, the active search of M. pneumoniae could be useful and appropriate especially in children with humoral immune deficiencies. Indeed, most cases of M. pneumoniae infection in primary immunodeficiencies are described in patients affected by a/hypo-gammaglobulinemia.
ISSN:1368-5031
1742-1241
DOI:10.1155/2022/6343818