Question
The child has been coughing and feverish at night, without fever during the day, experiencing intermittent cough for about a week. The effect of injections is not significant. After hospital examination and blood tests, the doctor said it was mycoplasma pneumonia.
Answer
The use of antimicrobial drugs can significantly shorten the course of the disease. Since Mycoplasma pneumoniae lacks a cell wall, it is not sensitive to beta-lactam antibiotics. The main drugs for treating mycoplasma pneumonia currently are new macrolides (azithromycin, clarithromycin), tetracyclines (doxycycline, minocycline), and quinolones (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, moxifloxacin) drugs.