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\definecolor{GJMediumGrey}{HTML}{6D6E70} \definecolor{GJLightGrey}{HTML}{929497} \renewenvironment{abstract}{% \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}\raggedright \textcolor{GJMediumGrey}{\rule{\textwidth}{2pt}} \vskip16pt \textcolor{GJBlue}{\large\bfseries\abstractname\space} }{% \vskip8pt \textcolor{GJMediumGrey}{\rule{\textwidth}{2pt}} \vskip16pt } \usepackage[absolute,overlay]{textpos} \makeatother \usepackage{lineno} \linenumbers \begin{document} \author[1]{Dr. Abhineet Mehrotra} \affil[1]{ Geetanjaly Medical College} \renewcommand\Authands{ and } \date{\small \em Received: 12 December 2014 Accepted: 2 January 2015 Published: 15 January 2015} \maketitle \begin{abstract} Background: In the present study an attempt was made to compare the different diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumonia among the patients of respiratory tract infections in northern Indian population. Commonly used techniques in the diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumonia are culture, serology and PCR and different studies assure the different sensitivity and specificity. In the present study author also aim to find the common risk factors of mycoplasma pneumonia. Material & Methods: The present study was undertaken at Career Institute of Medical Science, Lucknow. The total number of study subjects were 193. The total number of male subjects were 115 (59.6 %) while 78 (40.4 %) were females. Samples were Collected for culture, serology and PCR. All samples of culture & serology were undergone for PCR. Results: Out of 193 patients 58 (30 %) samples were found positive in culture and 73 (38 %) samples were found to be positive in serology test. 58 patients were found to be positive by both culture and serology which are further tested in PCR and only 10 (17 %) samples were found positive. \end{abstract} \keywords{mycoplasma pneumonia, culture, serology, } \begin{textblock*}{18cm}(1cm,1cm) % {block width} (coords) \textcolor{GJBlue}{\LARGE Global Journals \LaTeX\ JournalKaleidoscope\texttrademark} \end{textblock*} \begin{textblock*}{18cm}(1.4cm,1.5cm) % {block width} (coords) \textcolor{GJBlue}{\footnotesize \\ Artificial Intelligence formulated this projection for compatibility purposes from the original article published at Global Journals. However, this technology is currently in beta. \emph{Therefore, kindly ignore odd layouts, missed formulae, text, tables, or figures.}} \end{textblock*} \let\tabcellsep& \par I. Introduction ycoplasmas (mushroom form) are eubacteria included within the class Mollicutes (from latin mollis = "soft," cutis = "skin"), which comprises the smallest and simplest self-replicating, pleotrophic bacteria that lack cells wall thus, betalactam antibiotics, such as penicillin and cephalosporins, are ineffective. The name Mycoplasma, from the Greek ?????, mykes (fungus) and ??????, plasma (formed), was first used by Albert Bernhard Frank in 1889 \hyperref[b0]{1} . Mycoplasmas are primarily mucosal pathogens, living a parasitic existence in close association with epithelial cells of their host, usually in the respiratory or urogenital tracts. M. pneumoniae exclusively parasitizes humans, whereas some of the other human mycoplasmas have also been recovered from nonhuman primates \hyperref[b1]{2} . Mycoplasma pneumoniae is an important cause of respiratory tract infection and is increasingly being associated with other diseases such as asthma and extra-pulmonary complications. Considerable cross-reactivity is known to exist between the whole cell antigens used in the commercial serological testing assays. Usually, mycoplasma infection is a mild illness characterized by fever, cough, bronchitis, sore throat, and headache. In very rare cases, mycoplasma can cause serious illness such as encephalitis (an inflammation of the brain) or meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord).\par As the diagnosis the clinical symptommatology of a mycoplasma infection does not show pathogenspecific characteristics, the diagnostic differentiation from other pathogens such as viruses and gram-positive bacteria is decisive for appropriate therapy \hyperref[b3]{3} . The diagnosis can be based on direct detection and serology. Detection of the pathogen has been regarded as efficient diagnosis at acute, early stages of disease. Isolation of the pathogen by culture has been considered the reference method. However, it is too insensitive and time-consuming (6-14 days). A good quality pathogen DNA detection system (PCR) is not yet commercially available. To date, serology has been considered the method of choice for diagnosis of infections. The complement fixation test (CFT) represents the classic antibody detection. The CFT cannot discriminate between antibody isotypes. Agglutination tests cannot discriminate between antibody classes either. Both test systems detect mainly the IgM antibody response. In reinfections both CFT and agglutination tests provide predominantly negative results. Nevertheless these test systems currently dominate the ELISA technology \hyperref[b4]{4} . By using ELISA, IgG, IgA, and IgM, antibodies can be differentiated. The crucial factor for a specific and sensitive ELISA is the antigen. \hyperref[b5]{5} In the present study we try to evaluate the effective method in the diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumonia among three techniques i.e. Serology, Culture \& PCR and an attempt was made to explore the socio demographic and clinical characteristics. \section[{II. Material \& Methods}]{II. Material \& Methods}\par The present study was undertaken at Career Institute of Medical Science, Lucknow. The total number of study subjects were 286. The total number of male subjects were 115 (59.6 \%) while 78 (40.4 \%) were females. The present study protocol was approved by institutional ethical committee. \section[{a) Culture, Serology and PCR}]{a) Culture, Serology and PCR}\par The expectorated sputum (throat swabs) and blood was collected from all patients. The M. pneumoniae standard strain was revived according to ATCC (American Type Culture Collection) 15531? guidelines (www.atcc.org) which is commercially available in market. In brief, the lyophilized culture was resuspended in 6 ml pleropnemonia like organism (PPLO) broth. A single drop was used to inoculate PPLO agar; 3 ml suspension was used to prepare glycerol stocks and stored at -70°C. The remaining 3ml suspension was incubated at 37°C and 5 per cent CO2 incubator till growth was observed with change in color from red to yellow. Mycoplasma pneumoniae strains are very slow growing and produce a very light turbidity. Growth in broth is best observed after 10 to 14 days of incubation. Usually it takes at least seven days for the first tubes to start showing growth. Growth is easily recognized by an indicator change from red to orange to yellow. The cells are best transferred when the medium is orange. After medium changes to yellow, cells have started to die. All the patients whose culture was found to be positive were taken for further consideration. The patients having positive culture were marked and further followed for serology. Only serum part which was separated from whole blood of those whose culture was positive. Serum was stored at -20 o C till assayed. ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) kit is used for the accurate qualitative measurement of IgM class antibodies against Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Human serum and plasma. The clinical measurements were recorded. After serological test those patients were again used for follow up (for the purpose of PCR) whose culture as well as serology was found to be positive.as well as all other samples of culture and serology negative were also processed for PCR.\par The sputum samples were collected in PBS were centrifuged at 1957 x g for 10 min. Supernatant was decanted and the pellet was resuspended in 0.5 ml PBS and stored at -70oC till further processing. The positive control consisted of relevant purified mycoplasma DNA. The extraction of DNA was done using the organic methods described by Das et al [5]. A 543 bp section of the P1 protein gene of M.pneumoniae was selected for amplification. The primers (Bangalore Genei Pvt. Ltd., Banglore, India) were: Primer1: 5'CAAGCCAAACACGAGCTCCGGCC-3', which is complimentary to the P1 gene negative strand residues 3666-3688, and Primer 2 : 5'CCAGTGTCAGCTGTTTGTCCTTCCCC-3', which is complimentary to the P1 gene positive strand residues 4208-4183.\par Amplification was done according to the guidelines of Taq DNA polymerase (Bangalore Genei Pvt. Ltd., Banglore, India). Amplified PCR products were subjected to electrophoresis on 3 ethidium bromide stained agarose gel, along with a molecular weight marker. A mixture of 2 µl genomic DNA, 2 µl of 6 X BPB and 8 µl of distilled water was loaded into the 1 per cent agarose gel. The electrophoresis was carried out at a constant voltage of 50 V for 1 h, and a band at 543 bp was taken to be a positive result. The PCR of those patients whose culture and serology was positive was carried out. \section[{III. Results}]{III. Results}\par Table \hyperref[tab_0]{1} represents the age wise distribution of study subjects. The total number of study subjects was 286. The total number of male subjects were 207 (72.4 \%) while 79 (27.6 \%) were females. Highest number of subject's i.e. 32.9 \% subjects were less than 30 years while second highest number i.e. 30.4 \% of study subjects was more than 45 years. Table \hyperref[tab_1]{2} Gender wise distribution of study subjects. Table \hyperref[tab_2]{3} shows the test result by different diagnosis technique of mycoplasma pneumonia. Out of 286 patients 168 (58.7 \%) samples were found positive in culture and 98 (34.3\%) samples were found to be positive in serology test. PCR testing shows only 80 (28 \%) samples were found to be positive. \section[{b) Sample size calculation}]{b) Sample size calculation}\par Sample size was calculated by the sample size calculation formula for sing proportion by n=4pq/d 2 , Where n: sample size, p: prevalence q: 1-p and d is specified absolute precision by assuming prevalence 21 \%, with specified absolute precision 0.06 and 10 \% data loss, be. Calculated sample size is 260. Adding 10\% non-response, the final sample size is 286.\par Sample size is 260. Adding 10\% non-response, the final sample size is 286.\par i. Inclusion criteria Patients clinically diagnosed clinical and radiological proven of atypical pneumonia will be included in the study with, 1. Community acquired pneumonia (CAP): 2. Presence of a new pulmonary infiltrate/ shadow on chest X-ray suggestive of pneumonia at/ within 24 h of hospitalization. 3. Patient residing in community.\par ii. Exclusion criteria 1. Hospital acquired pneumonia i.e. pneumonia that developed 72 h after hospitalization or within 7 days of discharge. 2. Pulmonary shadow due to a cause other than pneumonia. 3. The serious patients having other disease with atypical pneumonia will be excluded A written informed consent was taken from the parent/legal guardian of the children before them being enrolled in the study.\par Clinical data from the patients were collected using a questionnaire developed and validated and a detailed examination was performed. Routine laboratory investigations were done in all subjects. In the present study culture, serology and PCR technique is used to diagnose the mycoplasma pneumonia. \section[{IV. Discussion}]{IV. Discussion}\par A variety of techniques are used to assess M. pneumoniae, each with different advantages and disadvantages. In this study, PCR, ELISA, and culture methods were employed for the detection of M. pneumoniae infection in 286 suspected patients. The culture method for the isolation of M. pneumoniae requires 2-4 weeks, which limits itsclinical usefulness. Moreover, culturing of M. pneumoniae is expensive and time-consuming (7-10). Serological methods are more extensively used than culture, because they are easier to carry out and more affordable (11-13).However, they are generally nonspecific, retrospective, and need 2 samples for titration \hyperref[b7]{7} . It should be noted that in our study, the most reliable result was obtained by the PCR method, which proved to be highly sensitive, specific, and faster than other methods. The specificity of the culture method was 100\%, while its sensitivity barely reached 33\%, relative to the results of the PCR method as a gold standard. All of the culture and IgM ELISA test positive patients were PCR-positive, too. The PCR method is more sensitive and is the gold standard currently being used for diagnosis of this organism in some laboratories 14 \section[{V. Conclusion}]{V. Conclusion}\par In the present study it is concluded that only one technique may not be sufficient to diagnose the mycoplasma pneumonia as these techniques do not show higher sensitivity and specificity as many results suggest the same [6]. However, serology and culture is done commonly. \section[{VI. Acknowledgment}]{VI. Acknowledgment}\par The authors acknowledge the help provided by various faculties, technicians and paramedical staffs of Career Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, for providing patient samples. Authors would like to acknowledge the Dean/Director of the institute to provide great support.\begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{3}\includegraphics[]{image-2.png} \caption{\label{fig_0}Figure 3 a}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{1} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.34421487603305784\textwidth}P{0.1896694214876033\textwidth}P{0.31611570247933884\textwidth}} Age Group (years)\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Sample N (\%)}\\ <3\tabcellsep 15\tabcellsep 5.2\%\\ 3-5\tabcellsep 21\tabcellsep 7.3\%\\ 6-10\tabcellsep 33\tabcellsep 11.5\%\\ 11-15\tabcellsep 19\tabcellsep 6.6 \%\\ 16-30\tabcellsep 94\tabcellsep 32.9 \%\\ 31-45\tabcellsep 87\tabcellsep 30.4\%\\ 46-60\tabcellsep 9\tabcellsep 3.1\%\\ >60\tabcellsep 8\tabcellsep 28 \%\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_0}Table 1 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{2} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.34\textwidth}P{0.2975\textwidth}P{0.2125\textwidth}} Gender\tabcellsep N\tabcellsep \%\\ Male\tabcellsep 207\tabcellsep 72.4\\ Female\tabcellsep 79\tabcellsep 27.6\\ \tabcellsep Figure 2\tabcellsep \end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_1}Table 2 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{3} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.2454225352112676\textwidth}P{0.21549295774647886\textwidth}P{0.22746478873239434\textwidth}P{0.16161971830985913\textwidth}} Test Result\tabcellsep Culture\tabcellsep Serology\tabcellsep PCR\\ \tabcellsep (n=286)\tabcellsep (n=286)\tabcellsep (n=286)\\ Positive Result\tabcellsep 168(58.7\%)\tabcellsep 98 (34.3\%)\tabcellsep 80(28\%)\\ Negative result\tabcellsep 118(41.3\%)\tabcellsep 188 (65.7\%)\tabcellsep 206(72\%)\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_2}Table 3 :}\end{figure} \footnote{Volume XV Issue IV Version IYear 2 015 © 2015 Global Journals Inc. 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