Bronchoalveolar lavage cytokine profile and clinical features as risk predictors of plastic bronchitis in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia
Pronounced inflammatory responses and increased clinical severity of MPP are associated with PB. A nomogram that integrates clinical features and BALF IL-6 levels may be used for risk assessment and management of PB in MPP after initial bronchoscopy.
Authors
- Di Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5964-5925)
- Pei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0550-1029)
- Rui Duan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0187-9331)
- Qiong A Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2224-4287)
Institutions
- First People’s Hospital of Jingmen (CN)
- Jingchu University of Technology (CN)
- Jingzhou Central Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-06-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-025-02041-4
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.56