Bacterial co-infection in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infected cases.

Bhattacharjee Minakshi; Urhekar AD; Sharma Revati; Kar Harapriya

Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2015

Bacterial co-infection in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infected cases.

Bhattacharjee Minakshi, Urhekar Ad, Sharma Revati, Kar Harapriya

Abstract :

Bacterial co-infections in Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are not rare. The present study makes an effort to investigate and understand the impact of such bacterial co-infections. For this purpose 26 cases with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection were screened. Streptococcus pneumoniae was found to be the most co-infecting bacteria (46.1%). The co-infected pathogen plays an influential role by altering the severity of infection. Course of the disease as well as clinical outcomes are also heavily dependent on the secondary pathogen other than Mycoplasma pneumoniae itself