Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infections Among Children After COVID-19 Pandemic, Ohio, USA

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2025 Mar 2

PMID 40023809

Authors

Amy L Leber

Tori Embry

Kathy Everhart

Jeanette Taveras

Sophonie J Oyeniran

Huanyu Wang

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Abstract

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections decreased in Ohio, USA, during the COVID-19 pandemic but reemerged in 2023; >2,000 cases were reported during September 2023--September 2024. Of 995 M. pneumoniae-positive samples, 24 (2.4%) had mutations for macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae (MRMp). MRMp rates are low but increasing. MRMp surveillance is crucial for monitoring antimicrobial resistance.

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