M pneumoniae is transmitted when an infected person coughs or sneezes, creating “respiratory droplets”
After pandemic restrictions eased, cases of respiratory infections surged worldwide. There were record numbers of people infected with respiratory syncytial virus , flu and even strep A, writes Mike Beeton Reader in Medical Microbiology at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
As with other respiratory infections, . Other people can become infected if they inhale these droplets. However, M pneumoniae infections are most common in school-aged children. Their symptoms can differ and may include sneezing, a stuffy or runny nose, wheezing, watery eyes, vomiting and diarrhoea. Between 3% and 10% of children with an M pneumoniae infection will develop atypical pneumonia. And of those children, about 5% need treatment in a hospital.
Australia, the UK and many other countries in the northern hemisphere all experienced higher-than-average numbers of many common infections in 2022 and 2023, including scarlet fever, flu and RSV. The reasons for this lack of resurgence are not fully understood and are probably due to many factors. One possibility may relate to the fact that M pneumoniae is a relatively slow-growing organism with a long incubation time compared with many other respiratory bugs. This would mean that it would take longer to re-establish itself.
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