ROLE OF OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION CAUSATIVE AGENT IN ETIOLOGY OF OBSTRUCTIVE BRONCHITIS AND PROLONGED SUBFEBRILITY IN CHILDREN

Aim. Determine the role of opportunistic infections causative agents in ethology of obstructive
bronchitises and prolonged subfebrilities in children. Materials and methods. 56 children with the
diagnosis of obstructive bronchitis and 46 children with the diagnosis of prolonged subfebrility
were examined for the presence of herpes, mycoplasma and pneumocystic infections. EIA, IIF,
rapid culture method, PCR were used. Results. The highest number of cases of mixed infection
was detected in children with HHV-6 infection. Mixed infection was diagnosed 6 times more
frequently in children with obstructive bronchitis and 9 times in children with prolonged subfebrility.
The number of children with pneumocystosis in combination with other infections was 2.4 and
2 times higher than with monoinfection; with CMV infection - 4 and 2 times; with HSV infection
- 5 and 4 times; EBV infection - 6 and 3.7 times. The only exception was mycoplasmosis detected
in children with obstructive bronchitis where the difference between the number of mono
and mixed infection cases was insignificant. Conclusion. The data obtained give evidence of wide
spread of opportunistic infections.

opportunistic infections, pneumocystosis, mycoplasmosis, acute infection markers