This research aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of passive particle agglutination test, Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) culture, cold agglutination test (CAT), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and polymerase chain reaction-capillary electrophoresis fragment analysis (PCR-CEFA) for MP infection. Children with respiratory tract infections suspected to be MP infection were subjected to passive particle agglutination test, MP culture, CAT, ELISA, and PCR-CEFA. A total of 146 children (81 males, 65 females, mean age: 5.74 +/- 3.32 years, and mean course of disease: 9.07 +/- 5.18 days) met the inclusion criteria. The positivity rate of MP detection by MP culture was 69.18% (101/146). Using the MP culture method as the standard, higher sensitivity and positive predictive value were found in the PCR-CEFA compared with the other 3 methods. Appropriate methods are selected following the advantages and disadvantages of pathogen detection, and pediatric MP infection is analyzed by integrating various test results.
第一作者机构：[1]Department of Pediatrics, Nanjing Tongren Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
通讯作者：
通讯机构：[1]Department of Pediatrics, Nanjing Tongren Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China[*1]Department of Pediatrics, Nanjing Tongren Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 211000, Jiangsu, China.
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714)：
Sun Xiuling,Yao Mingzhu,Xu Peijuan,et al.Clinical Value of Different Test Methods in Diagnosing Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in Children[J].CLINICAL PEDIATRICS.2025,64(1):36-41.doi:10.1177/00099228241245343.
APA：
Sun, Xiuling,Yao, Mingzhu,Xu, Peijuan&Jing, Le.(2025).Clinical Value of Different Test Methods in Diagnosing Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in Children.CLINICAL PEDIATRICS,64,(1)
MLA：
Sun, Xiuling,et al."Clinical Value of Different Test Methods in Diagnosing Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in Children".CLINICAL PEDIATRICS 64..1(2025):36-41
