Clinical, epidemiological and immunological characteristics of mycoplasma pneumonia (analytical review)

Community-acquired pneumonia is today considered one of the most common infectious diseases in many countries of the world. More than 100 microorganisms can cause pneumonia. The most frequent causative agents of community-acquired pneumonia are: S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S. aureus, M. pneumoniae, C. pneumoniae, K. pneumoniae and other Enterobacteriaceae spp., Legionella spp., influenza viruses. Community-acquired pneumonia, including those caused by M. pneumoniae, remains a serious medical and social problem for many countries of the world, including Russia. Modern clinical and epidemiological characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia is actively changing: new data on pathogens, atypical clinical manifestations of the disease, risk groups of infection, as well as the discovery of new immunological mechanisms of interaction of macro-and microorganism, which requires revision and updating of the basic regulatory and methodological documents, the development and implementation of new most sensitive and specific methods of laboratory diagnosis. Thus, further studies and evaluation of clinical, epidemiological, and immunological characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia and factors causing them, is an important way of improving epidemiological surveillance and control of this nosological forms, diagnostic and treatment tactics in therapy.