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Profound immune suppression and exhaustion characterize refractory mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

  • By

  • Xiaolin Ma

  • Yuting Wu

  • Feng He

  • Hailan Yao

  • Ling Cao

  • Chunmei Zhu

  • June 9, 2026

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    Children with refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (RMPP) exhibited more severe clinical manifestations than those with common pneumonia.

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    RMPP was characterized by extensive reductions in absolute lymphocyte counts, including T cells, B cells, and regulatory T cells.

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    Multivariate analysis identified older age, longer fever duration, pleural effusion, and decreased absolute plasmablast count as independent predictors of RMPP.

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    A diagnostic model integrating plasmablast count, age, fever duration, and pleural effusion demonstrated good discrimination for early RMPP identification.

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    RMPP involves profound adaptive immunosuppression, marked by reductions in total lymphocytes and key functional subsets, particularly plasmablasts.

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Profound immune suppression and exhaustion characterize refractory mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

  • by Xiaolin Ma, Yuting Wu, Feng He, Hailan Yao, Ling Cao, Chunmei Zhu

  • June 9, 2026

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