Research some features of family and living environment in children with atypical bacterial pneumonia at Vietnam National Children’s Hospital in 2014

  • Phạm Thu Hiền Bệnh viện Nhi Trung ương
  • Đào Minh Tuấn Bệnh viện Nhi Trung ương

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Atypical pneumonia, children, environment

Abstract

Objective: To describe the feature of family and environment in children with atypical pneumonia due to bacteria with the age from 12 months to 15 years old at Vietnam National Children’s Hospital in 2014. Subject and method: A descriptive study was conducted on 215 patients with pneumonia at Vietnam National Children’s Hospital. Multiplex PCR and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were used to detect M. pneumoniae, C. pneumoniae and L. pneumophila in those specimens. Result: Features of family and environment in children with atypical pneumonia due to bacteria include: Patients living in the country side and mountainous areas account for 51.17%; whose fathers have attende high school account for 71.16%; whose mothers have attended high school account for 71.63%; whose fathers are farmers and freelancers account for 63.72%; whose mothers are farmers and freelancers account for 61.86%; children living in crowded place have percentage of 64.19%; those who exposed to dust account for 20.47%; those who exposed to cigarette smoke account for 36.28%; those who use air conditioner account for 46.98%; those who use water from wells account for 43.26%. There is no difference in features of family and living environment between two groups of co-infected atypical pneumonia and atypical pneumonia (p>0.05). Conclusion: Most of the cases of atypical bacterial pneumonia are thoses who parents are farmers, freelancers, low education and nearly half of them use the air conditioner. There is no difference in features of family and living environment between two groups of co-infected atypical pneumonia and atypical pneumonia.

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