Outbreak of <i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i> pneumonia in hospitalized patients: Who is concerned? Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, France, 2023–2024
Souheil Zayet, Samantha Poloni, Julie Plantin, Abdoulaye Hamani, Yann Meckert, Charles-Éric Lavoignet, Vincent Gendrin, Timothée Klopfenstein
Abstract
Hospital, France, from 14 November 2023 to 31 January 2024. All 13 inpatients (11 adults with a mean age of 45.5 years and 2 children) were diagnosed with positive serology and/or positive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on respiratory specimens. All patients were immunocompetent and required oxygen support with a mean duration of oxygen support of 6.2 days. Two patients were transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) but were not mechanically ventilated. Patients were treated with macrolides (n = 12, 92.3%) with recovery in all cases. No significant epidemiological link was reported in these patients.