Mycoplasma bovis is not believed to pose a risk to humans or to spread through eating meat. “When you look at these things under a microscope, ...

China, Denmark, France and the Netherlands have all recently reported an increase in cases of pneumonia in children linked to a bacteria called Mycoplasma pneumoniae. A spike in cases has also ...

Hayflick, now professor of anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco, used the microscope for three major career achievements: the discovery of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, 1 the determination ...

Challenges in detecting and removing Mycoplasma Mycoplasma bacteria live everywhere, from animal-derived cell culture media to lab coats, easily evading detection. T hey measure only 2-3 µm across, ...

Overall, infections from Mycoplasma pneumoniae aren't uncommon, with an estimated 2 million reported each year in the U.S. The actual numbers remain unknown, however, as there is no national ...

Mycoplasma are bacteria (or germs) that can infect different parts of your body. Which body part is affected -- your lungs, skin, or urinary tract -- depends on which type of mycoplasma bacteria ...

In 2024, the incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated community-acquired pneumonia in children rose markedly to 12.5 per 1,000 hospitalizations, compared to 2.1 per 1,000 from 2018–2023.

According to the CDC, in 2024, the increase in emergency room visits that end with a diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumonia is 6 percent in children 2 to 4 years old, and 4 percent in children age 5 to 17.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth on Monday reported a recent "significant" spike in cases of Mycoplasma pneumonia, a bacteria that can cause what's known as ...

The front-line antibiotics that treat most kinds of pneumonia don’t work for Mycoplasma infections. For those, doctors need to prescribe a different kind of antibiotic, typically azithromycin or ...