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- Title
Reemergence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Children and Adolescents After the COVID-19 Pandemic, United States, 2018-2024.
- Authors
Edens, Chris; Clopper, Benjamin R.; DeVies, Jourdan; Benitez, Alvaro; McKeever, Erin R.; Johns, Dylan; Wolff, Bernard; Selvarangan, Rangaraj; Schuster, Jennifer E.; Weinberg, Geoffrey A.; Szilagyi, Peter G.; Dawood, Fatimah S.; Radhakrishnan, Lakshmi; Quigley, Christina; Sahni, Leila C.; Halasa, Natasha; Stewart, Laura S.; McMorrow, Meredith L.; Whitaker, Brett; Zerr, Danielle M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the results of a study on the resurgence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae diseases after the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. from 2018-2024. Topics mentioned include the percentage of Mycoplasma pneumoniae-related diagnosis among children and adolescents with pneumonia from pre- to post-pandemic, the effectiveness of macrolides as the first-line management of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, and the implications of resurgence of infections on public health practice.
- Subjects
MYCOPLASMA pneumoniae infections; PANDEMICS; DIAGNOSIS of bacterial diseases; BACTERIAL disease transmission; BACTERIAL disease treatment; DISEASES in teenagers; BACTERIAL diseases in children; RESPIRATORY infections in children
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2024, Vol 73, Issue 7, p149
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15585/mmwr.mm7307a3