Puolakkainen Mirja, Järvinen Asko
Helsingin yliopisto, Haartman-instituutti, virologian osasto.
Duodecim. 2012;128(21):2236-43.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae causes respiratory infections, but in as many as one out of four of those having contracted the infection symptoms may appear elsewhere, sometimes without preceding respiratory symptoms. Among these, symptoms of central nervous system origin are most the common. Specific diagnosis of the infection is demanding, and is mainly based on serology. Application of nucleic acid detection tests might lead to an earlier diagnostics. Efforts associated with diagnosis should mainly be targeted at detecting epidemics as well as diagnosing patients with severe or abnormal symptoms during the epidemy.
肺炎支原体可引发呼吸道感染，但在感染患者中，多达四分之一的人症状可能出现在其他部位，有时并无先前的呼吸道症状。其中，中枢神经系统起源的症状最为常见。该感染的特异性诊断要求较高，主要基于血清学。应用核酸检测试验可能会实现更早诊断。诊断相关工作应主要针对检测疫情以及在疫情期间诊断症状严重或异常的患者。
