Humoral and cellular immunity in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: a 1-year prospective study

Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Oct;12(10):1246-50. doi: 10.1128/CDLI.12.10.1246-1250.2005.

Abstract

To determine whether children have persistent abnormalities in cellular and humoral immunity development after acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, serum immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgA, IgM, and IgE levels and lymphocyte phenotypes were determined. There were no changes in the levels of IgG, IgM, IgA, or CD4+ or CD19+ lymphocytes that were measured in M. pneumoniae-positive patients after 3 months or after 12 months, but there were increases in these in M. pneumoniae-negative patients. Serum IgE increased in M. pneumoniae-positive patients. We have shown alterations in immunity development after M. pneumoniae infection.

MeSH terms

  • Antibody Formation*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immune System / microbiology
  • Immunity, Cellular*
  • Immunoglobulin Isotypes / blood
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Lymphocytes / pathology
  • Male
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / immunology*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin Isotypes