[Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia: serologic study of a family outbreak in primary care].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the clinical-radiological, epidemiological, therapeutic and evolutive characteristics of an outbreak of atypical Pneumonia in a family, which was serologically diagnosed by means of the technique of complement fixation of Pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma.


METHODS
A descriptive study.


METHODS
An urban Health Centre.


METHODS
A family of 7 members, consisting of father, mother and five children.


RESULTS
Three presented Pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, with the other family members remaining asymptomatic and serologically negative. The three cases evolved until cure. Treatment was with Macrolides in two of the cases and Penicillin in the other. Clinical-radiological dissociation existed in two of the patients. 33% had a secondary attack.


CONCLUSIONS
The accessibility of Primary Care to microserological methods, together with the greater ease with which this level of Care can reach the family environment, allows for more precise knowledge of infectious epidemic outbreaks which occur in the community.
Santos Lozano
J M
JM
Centro de Salud Universitario San Pablo, Sevilla.
Lapetra Peralta
J
J
Rodríguez Morcillo
A
A
García de la Corte
F J
FJ
Mayoral Sánchez
E
E
Rivera Benítez
I
I
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012698:Serologic Tests; D013030:Spain
Neumonía por Mycoplasma pneumoniae: estudio serológico de un brote familiar en atención primaria.