Shifting epidemic trends and severity in pediatric Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in the post-COVID-19 era

• Published in: Italian journal of pediatrics Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 219 - 10
• Main Authors: Yang, Zongming, Shi, Rui, Zhou, Xiuyun, Xu, Dong, Xue, Wankai, Zhang, Wenjing, Cao, Xiaopei, Peng, Jing, Luo, Xiaoping, Huang, Yongjian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 10.07.2025; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age; Bronchopneumonia; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; China - epidemiology; Clinical severity; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data warehouses; Disease transmission; Electronic medical records; Emergency medical care; Epidemic trends; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Female; Females; Hemoglobin; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Humans; Infant; Infections; Intervention; L-Lactate dehydrogenase; Laboratories; Leukocytes; Long-term effects; Male; Mathematical models; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Mycoplasma pneumoniae - isolation & purification; Non-pharmaceutical interventions; Pandemics; Pediatrics; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - epidemiology; Prevalence; Regression analysis; Respiratory diseases; SARS-CoV-2; Severity of Illness Index; Trends; Ventilators; China; Asia; Europe; COVID-19; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Clinical severity; Epidemic trends; Non-pharmaceutical interventions

While non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) implemented for COVID-19 have been shown to affect the epidemiology of respiratory pathogens, the impact of China's prolonged NPIs on Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) remains unclear. This study aimed to analyze the MP test positivity rates, as well as as...