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. 2025 Jan 20;14(1):piae119.
doi: 10.1093/jpids/piae119.

Resurgence of Pediatric Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Southeast Texas, November 2023-June 2024

Margaret Taylor Danner  1 , Heather Colvin Binns  2 , Khanh Nguyen  1 , Coreen Johnson  2 , Jim Dunn  2 , Denver Niles  1   2 , Diana K Nguyen  1
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Resurgence of Pediatric Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Southeast Texas, November 2023-June 2024

Margaret Taylor Danner et al. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. .

Abstract

We conducted a retrospective review of children tested for Mycoplasma pneumoniae from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2024. M. pneumoniae polymerase chain reaction positivity increased starting in November 2023, peaking at 18.3% in June 2024. During the resurgence, children with laboratory-confirmed infection often had severe respiratory disease or extrapulmonary manifestations.

Keywords: Mycoplasma pneumonia; atypical pneumonia; epidemiology; reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption; walking pneumonia.

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