Abstract

Active detection of etiological factors of respiratory infections and development of criteria for timely diagnosis and treatment is, from the point of view of clinical bronchology, a promising research trend [2,4,5,6]. Chlamydia and mycoplasma infections currently occupy the second and third places among triggers of obstructive bronchitis, which, in turn, often tend to become chronic and have a severe course with lethal outcomes [1,7,8]. Over the past 50 years, extensive experience has been accumulated in the study of chlamydial and mycoplasma infections in both adults and children. Despite this accumulated experience, the role of mycoplasma infection in the etiology of acute obstructive bronchitis and the formation of its recurrent course is still poorly understood [3,9,10,11].