Antibiotic resistance and viral co-infection in children diagnosed with pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae admitted to Russian hospitals during October 2023-February 2024.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) is a common bacterial respiratory infection that can cause pneumonia, particularly in children. Previously published data have highlighted the high incidence of viral co-infections and the problem of increasing macrolide resistance in MP worldwide.

Aims

(1) to estimate the impact of viral infections circulating in a local population on the spectrum of co-infection in hospitalized children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP), (2) to determine if there are differences in resistance mutation rate for samples from hospitals of Russia located in the European and Far East, (3) to describe genomic characteristics of MP from Russian patients during the MPP outbreaks in the fall-winter of 2023-2024.

Methods

The carriage of viral pat

SUBMITTER: Korneenko E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11910007 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature