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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Diagnosis and epidemiology of Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a bacterium that causes acute respiratory illness, ranging in severity from mild respiratory illness to severe pneumonia.
The bacterium can be fatal for a small number of people and has on rare occasions been associated with severe complications such as encephalitis. Most laboratory reports are of infection in children aged from 5 to 14 years, and adults aged 30 to 39 years.
The infection is found in patients of all ages, including children under 5 years and occasionally in adults aged 65 years and over.
Epidemiology
Diagnosis
Updates to this page
Published 24 July 2019
Last updated 3 October 2024 + show all updates
Last updated 3 October 2024 + show all updates
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Added 'Mycoplasma pneumoniae surveillance: January 2019 to March 2024' under 'Epidemiology'.
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Added laboratory report summaries 2020.
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First published.