Age-Specific Cytokine Profiling in Children with Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infections in Post-COVID-19 Era: A Retrospective Study
Ying Sun, Lin Tong, Ming Lin, Zuowei Huang, Jing He, Lin Su, Songmin Ying, Zhimin Chen · 2025
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Description
Ying Sun and co-authors chart how immune signal patterns differ by age in children sick with a resurgent lung germ. Their 2025 study looks back at cases since mid-2023, when Mycoplasma pneumonia surged again after COVID-19. Illness looks and behaves differently in infants, preschoolers, and school-age kids.
Blood signals were profiled in eighty-seven patients and forty healthy children, with lung fluid checked in severe cases. The youngest group raised one cluster of alarm pathways, while older children lowered a different cluster. Preschool blood echoed the youngest, but their lung fluid echoed the old. Past COVID antibodies also split by age, linking to stronger defense in the young. The authors urge age-fit reading of immune signs.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ying Sun, Lin Tong, Ming Lin, Zuowei Huang, Jing He, Lin Su, Songmin Ying, Zhimin Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |