Abstract:Objective To investigate the expression levels of cysteinyl leukotrienes (CysLTs), interleukin-13 (IL-13) and IgE in children with bronchial asthma complicated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.Methods A total of 136 children with bronchial asthma admitted to the Department of Pediatrics of Taizhou Central Hospital from January 2019 to January 2020 were selected as the subjects. According to the presence or absence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, they were divided into infection group (36 cases) and non-infection group (100 cases). Another 35 healthy children who underwent physical examinations at the Department of Pediatrics of Taizhou Central Hospital during the same period were selected as the control group. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the levels of CysLTs, IL-13 and IgE in serum samples of all subjects under fasting conditions in the morning.Results The levels of CysLTs, IL-6 and IgE in serum samples of the three groups were compared, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Specifically, the levels of CysLTs, IL-13 and IgE in the infection group were higher than those in the non-infection group and the control group (P < 0.05), while the levels of CysLTs, IL-13 and IgE in the non-infection group were even higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that CysLTs [ O^R=1.012 (95% CI: 1.008, 1.025) ], IL-13 [ O^R = 2.301 (95% CI: 1. 563, 3.405) ], and IgE [ O^R = 3.921 (95% CI: 1.873, 8.614) ] levels were risk factors for Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children with bronchial asthma (P < 0.05). In the infection group, the level of CysLTs was positively correlated with the levels of IL-13 (r = 0.979, P = 0.000) and IgE (r = 0.992, P = 0.012), and the level of IL-13 was positively correlated with that of IgE (r = 0.931, P = 0.000).Conclusions The expression levels of CysLTs, IL-13 and IgE are significantly elevated in children with bronchial asthma complicated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.