Etiological Investigation of 75 Soldier Patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia in Shenyang
WANG Yang
LIU Ying
WANG Dongliang
LU Wei
WANG Libin
ZHOU Jing
PANG Jian
Abstract：Objective To investigate the pathogens in soldier patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in Shenyang,and provide the basis for effective prevention and treatment of pneumonia.Methods Seventy-five CAP soldier patients were collected in authors' hospital.The results of sputum culture,drug sensitivity assay,serum atypical pathogen antibodies were analyzed.The clinical data between smoking and non-smoking group,white blood cell and highsensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were compared.Results Of 33 cases with atypical pathogen antibodies,positive mycoplasma pneumoniae was found in 28 cases,positive chlamydia in 3 cases,positive legionella pneumophila in 2 cases.Among 75 patients,62 of them were tested for sputum culture,26 were positive.The tempreture,cough and CRP levels in smoking group were much higher than those in non-smoking group (P＜0.05).No differences were found in white blood cell and infection rate of mycoplasma pneumoniae between two groups (P＞0.05).Conclusion Mycoplasma pneumoniae is the most common pathogen of CAP patients in Shenyang military soldiers.Bacterial infections are mainly streptococcus pneumoniae and haemophilus influenzae.
Keywords：PneumoniaPathogenEpidemicSoldierMycoplasma
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 38-41 )