- Original Article
- Epidemiological comparison of three Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia epidemics in a single hospital over 10 years
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Eun-Kyung Kim, You-Sook Youn, Jung-Woo Rhim, Myung-Seok Shin, Jin-Han Kang, Kyung-Yil Lee
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2015;58(5):172-177. Published online May 22, 2015
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Purpose Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) pneumonia epidemics have occurred in 3- to 4-year cycles in Korea. We evaluated the epidemiologic characteristics of MP pneumonia in Daejeon, Korea, from 2003 to 2012. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed 779 medical records of children (0-15 years of old) with MP pneumonia admitted to our institution and compared the data from 3 recent epidemics. ResultsIn 779 patients, the mean age... |
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- Outbreaks of mumps: an observational study over two decades in a single hospital in Korea
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Ji-Ung Ryu, Eun-Kyung Kim, You-Sook Youn, Jung-Woo Rhim, Kyung-Yil Lee
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2014;57(9):396-402. Published online September 30, 2014
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Purpose The introduction of the mumps vaccine has dramatically reduced the number of mumps cases, but outbreaks have recently occurred among highly vaccinated populations in developed countries. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with mumps admitted between 1989 and 2012 in a single hospital in Korea are described in the present study. MethodsWe retrospectively evaluated inpatients with mumps between 1989 and 2012... |
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- Review Article
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children
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You-Sook Youn, Kyung-Yil Lee
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2012;55(2):42-47. Published online February 14, 2012
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP), the smallest self-replicating biological system, is a common cause of upper and lower respiratory tract infections, leading to a wide range of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary manifestations. MP pneumonia has been reported in 10 to 40% of cases of community-acquired pneumonia and shows an even higher proportion during epidemics. MP infection is endemic in larger communities of the... |
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