Analysis of clinical pathogenic characteristics of children with co-infected pneumonia_West China Medical Journal

Authors：

WANG Dan ¹ , YANG Xianggui ¹ , YI Jiaxin ² ,  YANG Min ¹

1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P. R. China;
2. School of Laboratory Medicine, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P. R. China;

Corresponding author：

YANG Min, Email: yangmin20130214@163.com

Keywords：

Children; co-infections; pneumonia; pathogen

DOI：

10.7507/1002-0179.202508004

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Objective To analyze the clinical pathogenic characteristics of children with co-infected pneumonia, and to provide reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment. Methods Children with co-infected pneumonia treated in the pediatrics department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College between June 2023 and May 2024 were selected. According to age, the children were divided into goups of infants, toddlers, preschoolers, school-aged children, and adolescents. The clinical pathogenic characteristics of children with pneumonia were analyzed. Results A total of 358 pediatric patients were included. Among them, there were 189 males (52.79%) and 169 females (47.21%); 71 (19.83%) were infants, 74 (20.67%) were toddlers, 113 (31.56%) were preschoolers, 75 (20.95%) were school-aged children, and 25 (6.98%) were adolescents. There was no statistically significant difference in the composition of males and females among different age groups or types of pneumonia (P>0.05). The bacteria detected were mainly Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus, Moraxella catarrhalis and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Viruses in the pathogen mainly included adenovirus, influenza A and B stream, human rhinovirus and respiratory syncytial virus. The main atypical pathogen detected was Mycoplasma pneumoniae (240 cases). Except for atypical pathogens (P>0.05), the detection rates of bacteria and viruses among different age groups showed statistically significant differences (P<0.05). The compositions of bacterial co-infections, viral co-infections, bacterial+viral infections, and co-infections involving atypical pathogens were compared among different age groups, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The proportions of different types of pathogens detected in winter were the highest. Conclusions Children with co-infected pneumonia are mainly aged 0-6 years old. The incidence of co-infected pneumonia in children is the highest in winter. Mycoplasma is the main pathogen in dual infections or co-infections. Co-infections in early childhood are mainly caused by bacterial infections, and the incidence of viral infections increases with age.

Citation： WANG Dan, YANG Xianggui, YI Jiaxin, YANG Min. Analysis of clinical pathogenic characteristics of children with co-infected pneumonia. West China Medical Journal, 2025, 40(8): 1217-1222. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.202508004 Copy

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2. 谢婷婷, 罗璨, 李琳. 2018—2021 年江苏省 5 岁以下儿童肺炎死亡特征分析. 中国妇幼保健, 2024, 39(10): 1847-1850.
3. Kim SR. Viral infection and airway epithelial immunity in asthma. Int J Mol Sci, 2022, 23(17): 9914.Kim SR. Viral infection and airway epithelial immunity in asthma. Int J Mol Sci, 2022, 23(17): 9914.
4. Tian J, Shang B, Zhang J, et al. T cell immune evasion by SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 escapees targeting two cytotoxic T cell epitope hotspots. Nat Immunol, 2025, 26(2): 265-278.
5. 茅松, 刘光陵, 夏正坤, 等. 儿童支气管哮喘变应原检测与年龄、性别的关系探讨. 实用医学杂志, 2011, 27(18): 3366-3368.
6. 熊振宇, 张娟. 多重感染肺炎患儿临床与病原学研究. 开封医专学报, 2000, 19(2): 28-29.
7. 池细俤, 高世华, 张忠源, 等. 急性呼吸道感染常见病毒的流行病学分析. 中国感染控制杂志, 2019, 18(4): 320-325.
8. 王紫荆, 方剑, 胡小林, 等. 儿童非典型病原体肺炎病原及流行病学特征分析. 实用医院临床杂志, 2020, 17(6): 156-158.
9. 彭献华, 李冰冰, 李晓琳, 等. 2021—2022 年某医院呼吸道感染患儿肺炎支原体感染流行特征. 中华医院感染学杂志, 2023, 33(18): 2851-2854.
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21. 钟莹. 儿童肺炎病原学临床特点回顾性分析. 南昌: 南昌大学, 2019.

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