Health authorities are warning that potentially severe infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae are rising at an alarming rate. During the seven days leading up to Sept. 22, an average of 1.48 ...

During the current peak season for respiratory infections in children, the primary pathogens remain viruses and mycoplasma pneumoniae, with the influenza virus being the most prevalent ...

Walking pneumonia, a lung infection caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, tends to be most common among older children and adolescents but in 2024 has been rampant among young children.

The spread of Mycoplasma pneumonia shows no signs of slowing after six consecutive weeks of cases increasing. This was marked by the week ending Oct. 6. Of around 500 designated medical ...

A bacterium called Mycoplasma pneumoniae causes two types of respiratory tract infections: the more common chest cold, ...

Infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae bacteria — often associated with “walking” pneumonia — have startled providers as cases have surged through the United States since the spring ...

The IWK Health Centre in Halifax has seen an uptick in cases of Mycoplasma pneumoniae — also known as walking pneumonia — so far this year. According to the most recent data from the ...

a form of pneumonia so seemingly mild that people with the bacterial illness are often up and about—and inadvertently spreading germs. As the disease continues to circulate nationwide this fall, it’s ...

TOKYO -- Amid the high number of patients with mycoplasma pneumonia, characterized by persistent coughs, since around this autumn, the influenza season has entered full swing in Japan. As a result ...