Effects of Oral Steroid in Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2020-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is one of the most common causes of community-acquired pneumonia in children. The clinical course is typically self-limited and benign; however, rare cases of severe pneumonia can develop despite appropriate antibiotic therapy. The investigators aim to study the effects of prednisolone on severe M. pneumoniae pneumonia with lobar consolidation or pleural effusion in children.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital
• Treatments: Levofloxacin; Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone acetate; Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Ofloxacin; Prednisolone; Prednisolone acetate; Prednisolone hemisuccinate; Prednisolone phosphate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Evidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

• Lobar pneumonia or pneumoniae with pleural effusion

Exclusion Criteria:

• Immunosuppresant host

• Chronic cardiovascular/pulmonary disease

• Hospital acquired infection