Dular R, Lambert M, Bruce B W, Phipps P H, Rossier E, Kasatiya S
CMAJ. 1987 Jun 15;136(12):1271-3.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was monitored in patients with symptoms of acute respiratory tract infection in a village in southeastern Ontario from April 1983 to April 1984. M. pneumoniae was isolated from 51 (48%) of the 106 patients. The incidence began to increase in May 1983, reached a peak in July and declined to normal by mid-August. During the epidemic period M. pneumoniae was detected in 36 of the 43 symptomatic patients. The most prominent features of the outbreak were the considerable intrafamilial attack rate and the high frequency of pneumonia among infected patients. Treatment with tetracyclines and erythromycin reduced the duration of the illness and accelerated the resolution of symptoms.
1983年4月至1984年4月,在安大略省东南部一个村庄对有急性呼吸道感染症状的患者进行了肺炎支原体感染监测。106例患者中有51例(48%)分离出肺炎支原体。发病率于1983年5月开始上升,7月达到高峰,8月中旬降至正常水平。在流行期间,43例有症状的患者中有36例检测到肺炎支原体。此次疫情最显著的特点是家庭内感染率相当高以及感染患者中肺炎的发生率很高。使用四环素和红霉素治疗可缩短病程并加速症状缓解。