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Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a type of bacteria that occurs naturally and can be passed from person to person. This bacterial infection causes respiratory symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, pneumonia, bronchitis, and also causes various brain and heart complications. severe enough to cause death
Thais may have heard of this infection a few years ago. From the news of being ill with influenza pneumonia among children And the outbreak in the military camp in Uttaradit province more than 10 years ago.
Learn about mycoplasma that cause cold-like illnesses, pneumonia
Explanation by Dr. Thanet Kaensan, Department of Family Medicine Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital who provide knowledge in the list Meet Dr. Rama He stated that mycoplasma is a bacterial organism that lives in nature. but it can be transmitted from person to person
This type of infection causes respiratory diseases. if it is upper respiratory tract, such as cold, cough, runny nose, sore throat, headache, low fever and lower is lung symptoms “In some people, especially children, if they are infected, It can make come down conditions to the lungs causing pneumonia, pneumonia, pneumonia”.
Respiratory infection such as a cold Breathe in the droplets of the virus through coughing and sneezing: it can be infected anywhere. because it is person-to-person infection Especially in confined areas, closed places, crowded places.
Dr Thanet said the symptoms of the infection would be symptoms of the common cold. Whether it’s a cough, sneeze, runny nose, fever, headache, some kids just can’t recover. Because it’s because he has a pneumonia infection. resulting in hospitalization for several days
Testing for infection is done by taking a sample from the throat. to check if there is DNA of the infection or not That is to find the infection. Blood tests can also be done. but not as accurate and methods of immunosuppression after recovery to confirm the diagnosis
“The verification method is quite difficult. Most will be covered first. Then diagnose whether or not it is an infection with this type of bacteria.
Deaths from violence have been reported, but are rare, mainly because in pediatric patients. If severe, there will be a high fever. pneumonia, rapid breathing due to lung infection and lots of phlegm
There was an outbreak among conscripts in Uttaradit province in 2012.
Month June 2012 Phichai Dap Hak Camp Hospital, Uttaradit Province, posted a “quarantine area closed, opened June 5” sign in front of the hospital door. Due to 1st Conscription under 7th Cavalry Battalion (Uttaradit Province), 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Phetchabun Province), 3rd Army Area (Phitsanulok Province), symptoms of tachycardia, pneumonia, similar to the common cold. but more severe symptoms and an epidemic among conscripts
Dr. Pornthep Siriwanarangsan Director General of Disease Control Department at that time disclosed the examination results together with the Royal Thai Army Medical Department. He discovered that the infection IS a semi-bacterial, semi-viral infection called mycoplasma, which causes the common cold and pneumonia. whose symptoms are more severe than the common cold
Dr Pornthep said a survey of the disease among 140 soldiers and trainers revealed that there were 96 patients with flu symptoms, all of whom were conscripts. Next, there was a conscript who was believed to have been infected from the community or from home. from this type of infection Classified as a group causing common pneumonia not new infection
Of these, 15 cases were serious. He needs to be admitted to Phichai Dap Hak Camp Hospital Divided into 10 patients with pneumonia and 5 with pneumonia, and the rest were flu, runny nose and cough. No deaths were reported.
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found complications in other organs There have been cases of children suffering from cardiac shock in Thailand.
medical journal “Chulalongkorn Medical Journal” Previously published a case report from the Department of Pediatrics. Chulalongkorn University School of Medicine Cardiac shock has been reported in a pediatric patient. from mycoplasma pneumonia infection
A report by Dr. Pairoj Chotiwitthayatarakorn and his team published in 1988 stated that in addition to respiratory symptoms, believe mycoplasma It also causes complications such as acute inflammatory skin diseases (erythema multiforme), meningitis. peripheral neuropathy Haemolytic anaemia, hepatitis, myocarditis Cardiac shock is very rare.
The patient was a 14-year-old Thai boy admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Chulalongkorn University Hospital with fever, cough and shortness of breath on the day of hospital admission. He had a history of dry cough, vomiting and pain in both calves for 4 days before coming to the hospital. The former patient has always been a healthy child. and no history of heart disease
The report also states that This patient was admitted to the hospital with cardiogenic shock and was diagnosed with cardiogenic shock. Mitral valve leakage (mitral regurgitation) is a precursor symptom after antibody testing against various viral pathogens. High levels of microplasma titers were found which increased more than 4-fold by venipuncture after 2 weeks, thus enabling the diagnosis of mycoplasma infection. that match other people’s reports
Also the doctor diagnosed Mitral valve leak It is likely to be caused by the abnormal function of the muscles that attach the heart valves (papillary muscle dysfunction) from myocarditis. which causes cardiac shock But the pathological origin of carditis is not clear: it is believed that it is caused by mycoplasma bacteria that directly destroy the heart muscle or that it may be caused by immunotherapy.
Is mycoplasma infection life threatening?
This 1988 academic paper identified inflammatory heart conditions. It is an important complication in patients with mycoplasma infection. It can be found in 2.4-8.5% of patients. Most patients are over 20 years of age, but it has been reported in children younger than 1 year.
Approximately 70% of these patients develop a respiratory tract infection 11 days earlier and 30% of patients develop cardiogenic symptoms within a week. Some people have body aches before.
Furthermore, the prognosis of the patients was found to be quite good and they usually recovered. But some still have chronic heart failure. or myocardial infarction and in some cases the symptoms are severe up to death but found in the minority
