Both Legionella and Mycoplasma pneumonia ... In bacteremic S pneumoniae infections, sputum cultures are positive less than half the time. Cultures obtained from sources deep within the body ...

Previously, mycoplasma pneumoniae has not been identified as ... “If your child is with fever, with fatigue, coughing, producing sputum for longer than a week, it’s time to see the doctor ...

And this year, there’s another plot twist: Infections with a type of bacteria known as Mycoplasma ... is a sputum culture: You cough into a container, and the test scouts for M. pneumoniae ...

The term primary atypical pneumonia was originally proposed to ... disease in laboratory animals 1 by intranasal inoculation of sputum or suspension of human lung tissue led to cultivation in ...

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of mild respiratory illness, sometimes referred to as "walking pneumonia." Symptom onset is "typically gradual," the CDC says. It can include fever ...

Walking pneumonia is on the rise this season, according to multiple reports. Children are primarily getting infected with the ilness, which is caused by mycoplasma pneumonia. So, parents want to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cases of mycoplasma pneumonia are surging across the U.S., especially among young kids. Preeti Sharma is a pediatric pulmonologist who has seen ...

Over the past six months, emergency rooms have discharged an increasing number of patients with a Mycoplasma pneumoniae diagnosis, which is typically associated with "walking pneumonia," or acute ...

Infections from Mycoplasma pneumoniae, the bacteria that can cause walking pneumonia, are common, with about 2 million cases in the United States every year; they typically affect youths age 5 to 17.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned of an unusual increase in bacterial infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. But what exactly is it and why is it concerning?

HERSHEY, Pa. — Doctors in central Pennsylvania are seeing a rise in walking or atypical pneumonia cases caused by mycoplasma pneumoniae, especially in young children. "One of the reasons this ...