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KMID : 0390019950050010049
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Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease
1995 Volume.5 No. 1 p.49 ~ p.59
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Trend of The Mycoplasma Pneumonia : During recent 9 years period
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Park Hee-Yeon
Woo Chan-Wook
Choung Ji-Tae
Son Chang-Sung
Tockgo Young-Chang
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Abstract
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Mycoplasma pneumonia is a major cause of respiratory infections in school-aged children & young adults. The incidence of illness varies greatly with the age of the patient & the epidemic of organism.
A retrospective analysis of 494 patients with Mycoplasma pneumonia who admitted to department of Pediatrics of Korea University Hospital at Anam & Guro from January, 1985 to December, 1993, was perfomed.
The results are
1) The epidemics have occurred at 3 year intervals(1987, 1990, 1993).
2) Male to female ratio was 1:1.106.
3) Age distribution showed the major peak in 5 to 9 years of age and the minor peak in 2 to 3 years of age.
4) Monthly distribution showed the outbreak on November, September, April, in orders. 5) On chest X-ray examination, 75.4% showed the positive findings. Above all, right lower lobe involvement was the most common. (49.4%)
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KEYWORD
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Mycoplasma pneumonia, Epidemic
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