Severe Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infections During the 2023–2024 Outbreak: A Single-Center Descriptive Study in a Pediatric Intensive Care
In this brief report, we describe Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections admitted to our pediatric intensive care unit during 2023-2024. We compare with the previous 6 years and analyze their treatments and outcomes. We observe an increase of cases, half of them with underlying conditions. Hypoxemia was their main severity sign. Viral coinfections were common. Bacterial coinfections appeared to worsen outcomes.
Authors
- Alberto García‐Salido (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8038-7430)
- Amelia Martínez de Azagra‐Garde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-0821)
- Gema De Lama Caro‐Patón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6873-0948)
- José Luis Unzueta‐Roch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3185-6680)
- Inés Leoz‐Gordillo
- Javier Toledano-Revenga
- Ana Moral-Larraz
- Ana Espeleta‐Fox
Institutions
- Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000004734
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00