scholarly journals The clinical significance of IL-6 s and IL-27 s in Bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhao ◽  
Yuyun Li ◽  
Wen Zhang
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Huang ◽  
Dan Li ◽  
Feng Liu ◽  
Deyu Zhao ◽  
Yifan Zhu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: The levels of serum D-dimer (D-D) in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) were assessed to explore the clinical significance of D-D levels in refractory MPP (RMPP). Method: A total of 430 patients with MPP were enrolled between January 2015 and December 2015 and divided into a general MPP (GMPP) group (n=306) and a RMPP group (n=124). Clinical data, D-D level, white blood cell (WBC) count, proportion of neutrophils (N%), C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were compared between the two groups. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify independent predictors of RMPP. Results: (1) Hospitalization time, preadmission fever duration, total fever duration, WBC, N %, CRP, LDH, ESR, ALT, AST, and D-D were significantly higher in the RMPP group than those in the GMPP group (all P<0.05). (2) Correlation analysis showed that D-D was positively correlated with WBC, CRP, ESR, and LDH, and could be used to jointly evaluate the severity of the disease. (3) Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified preadmission fever duration, CRP, LDH and DD as independent risk factors for RMPP (all P<0. 05). D-D had the highest predictive power for RMPP (P<0.01). The D-D level also had a good ability to predict pleural effusion and liver injury (all P<0.01). Conclusion: Serum D-D levels were significantly increased in patients with RMPP, indicating that excessive inflammatory response and vascular endothelial injury with prolonged duration existed in this patient population. Increased levels of serum D-D may be used as an early predictor of RMPP and the occurrence of complications. Our findings provide a theoretical basis for the early diagnosis of RMPP, early intervention and excessive inflammatory response in the pathogenesis of mycoplasma.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhao ◽  
Yuyun Li ◽  
Wen Zhang

Abstract Backgrounds: IL-6 is associated with the severity of mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP). But the relationship between IL-27 and MPP was unknown. Methods: 98 patients with MPP who were under 14 years old, were enrolled in this study and divided into mild cases and severe cases, Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) single infection group and MP mixed infection group, and low MP DNA loads group and high MP DNA loads group, by severity, infection types and DNA loads respectively. 15 children with foreign bodies for bronchus were also enrolled as control. IL-6s and IL-27s in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALFs) from these children were measured by ELISA. Results: There were significant differences in IL-6s of BALFs from patients between mild cases and severe cases, MP single infection group and MP mixed infection group, and low MP DNA loads group and high MP DNA loads group, respectively (P﹤0.05). Compared with IL-6s of BALFs from control, IL-6 in BALFs from the 5 patient groups were significantly higher (P﹤0.05) except that from low MP DNA loads group. IL-27s in BALFs from MP mixed infection group were significantly lower than those from MP single infection group and control (P﹤0.05) respectively. Conclusion: IL-6 was firmly associated with MPP and had potential application in clinical practice while IL-27 was not related to MP infection.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Huang ◽  
Dan Li ◽  
Feng Liu ◽  
Deyu Zhao ◽  
Yifan Zhu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Levels of serum D-dimer (D-D) in children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) were assessed to explore the clinical significance of D-D level in refractory MPP(RMPP). Method: A total of 430 patients with MPP were enrolled between January 2015 and December 2015, and divided into a genera MPP (GMPP) group (n = 306) and a RMPP group (n = 124). Clinical data, D-D level, white blood cell (WBC) count, C-reactive protein (CRP), blood sedimentation (ESR), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were compared between the two groups. Results (1) Hospitalization time, fever duration, WBC, CRP, LDH, ESR, and D-D were significantly higher in the RMPP group than in the GMPP group, (all P < 0.05). (2) Correlation analysis showed that D-D was positively correlated with WBC, CRP, ESR, and LDH, and could be used to jointly evaluate the severity of the disease. (3) The predictive values of WBC, CRP, ESR, LDH, and D-D for RMPP were further compared using area under the receiver operating characteristic curve(AUC) analysis. D-D had the highest predictive power for RMPP (AUC = 0.923, P < 0.01). When the D-D level was > 738 ng/ml, the predicted sensitivity of RMPP occurrence was 79.8% and the specificity was 93.5%. D-D level also had a good ability to predict pleural effusion and liver injury (AUC = 0.740, P < 0.01 and AUC = 0.812, P < 0.01, respectively). (4) After 1 week of treatment, the levels of D-D in both groups were lower than those before treatment (p < 0.01), but remained outside the normal range in 91.4% of participants, and were moderately or severely increased in 27.1% of the participants, all of whom were in the RMPP group. Conclusion Serum D-D levels were significantly increased in patients with RMPP, indicating that severe hypercoagulability and vascular endothelial injury with prolonged duration existed in this patient population. Increased levels of serum D-D may be used as an early predictor of RMPP and the occurrence of complications. Our findings provide a theoretical basis for the early diagnosis of RMPP, early intervention of hypercoagulability, and improvement of microcirculation therapy.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianfu Cao ◽  
Haijiao Lin ◽  
Hongjun Yu ◽  
Yongji Wang

Abstract Background: To analyze the relationship between granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) level in alveolar lavage fluid with the clinical characteristics and prognosis of children refractory mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP), so as to provide reliable targets for clinical diagnosis and treatment. Methods: A total of 106 children diagnosed with MPP and prepared for bronchoalveolar lavage therapy were selected in this study, which were divided into 2 groups according to clinical diagnosis: those showing clinical and radiological deterioration despite appropriate antibiotic therapy for ≥7 days were classified into refractory MPP group (n=47), while the others were classified into non-refractory MPP group (n=59). The data of physical examination, treatment and outcome were collected. In addition, the GM-CSF and HMGB1 levels in alveolar lavage fluid during each bronchoalveolar lavage therapy were detected by ELISA kits. Results: There was no significant difference in age, sex, course of fever, the highest temperature, WBC, L, PLT, ALT, AST, CK-MB, D-D, CK, IgG, IgA, IgM, C3, and C4 between refractory MMP group and non-refractory MMP group on admission (P>0.05). The levels of N, CRP, PCT, and LDH in refractory MPP group were higher than those in non-refractory MPP group, the difference had statistical significance (P<0.05). Both GM-CSF and HMGB1 levels were positively correlated with traditional indicators N, CRP, PCT and LDH (r=0.611-0.785, P<0.05). ROC analysis results showed that CRP, GM-CSF and HMGB1 had predictive value for refractory MPP attack (AUC=0.636, 0.657, 0.651, P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis results showed GM-CSF and HMGB1 were independent factors for refractory MPP (B>1.0, P<0.05). ROC analysis results showed that GM-CSF and HMGB1 at 2nd bronchoalveolar lavage therapy had predictive value for long hospital stay (>28 d) and poor prognosis of refractory MPP (AUC=0.782-0.825, P < 0.05). Conclusion: The level of GM-CSF and HMGB1 in alveolar lavage fluid is closely related to the occurrence and development of refractory MPP, which can be used as an auxiliary indicator for clinical diagnosis and prognosis evaluation, and has certain guiding significance for its clinical treatment.


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