The Diverse Clinical Presentation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Role of BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia Plus Panel: A Case Series

Mycoplasma pneumoniae was discovered in the early 1960s.It has usually been associated with pneumonia outbreaks in communities such as schools, military barracks, and refugee camps; however, lately the organism has also been reported in endemic and occasionally epidemic cases among elderly age-groups.It usually presents in milder forms, but severe infections requiring admission and death in a few cases have also been reported.From our laboratory, we report three cases where M. pneumoniae was detected by the BioFire FilmArray PN plus (Pneumonia) Panel in cases that presented as a case of respiratory infection, varying from mild upper respiratory tract infection to serious cases requiring admission to the intensive care unit and their successful treatment.