The Preliminary Study of the Vitamin A Level and Children with Community-acquired Pneumonia
YAO Xia-juan
GU Lan
Abstract：Objective:To analyze the vitamin A concentration in the acute and recovery phase of younger children with the community-acquired pneumonia,discuss the relationship of vitamin A concentration with different pathogens.Method:152 cases of children with community-acquired pneumonia aged from six months to five years(60 months) were selected as the research group and 50 healthy children of the same age were selected as the control group.The serum level of retinol was measured to analyze the vitamin A concentration.Result:The serum level of VA in the acute phase of pneumonia children was lower than the normal children[(0.87±0.34)μmol/ vs (1.18±0.23)μmol/L,P<0.05] and different pathogens of acute pneumonia were at different levels,viral pneumonia was (0.89±0.17)μmol/L,bacterial pneumonia was (0.84±0.19)μmol/L,mycoplasma pneumonia was (0.73±0.15)μmol/L.Mycoplasma pneumonia in which the serum level of VA was relatively lower,compared with bacterial pneumonia and viral pneumonia,the differences were significant(P<0.05).Conclusion:The serum level of VA in community-acquired pneumonia children decreases compared with normal group and children with mycoplasma pneumonia are more likely to occur subclinical vitamin A deficiency.
Keywords：ChildrenPneumoniaVitamin A deficiencyMycoplasma pneumonia
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 10-12 )