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Arch Dis Child 1998;78:67-69 ( January )

Analysis of mycoplasmal pleural effusion by the polymerase chain reaction

Mitsuo Narita,a Yoshihiro Matsuzono,a Osamu Itakura,a Satoshi Yamada,a Takehiro Togashib

a Department of Paediatrics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, b Department of Paediatrics, Sapporo City General Hospital, Sapporo, Japan

Correspondence to: Dr Mitsuo Narita, Department of Paediatrics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, N 15 W 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060, Japan.


Accepted 21 July 1997

Ten pediatric patients with mycoplasmal pleuritis were tested for the presence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in pleural fluid by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Three of the four PCR positive cases left a persistent consolidation. The remaining one was an infant who required mechanical ventilation. PCR may be useful in predicting delayed resolution of roent- genographic abnormality.

Keywords: Mycoplasma pneumoniae; pleural effusion; polymerase chain reaction

© 1998 by Archives of Disease in Childhood


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