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To characterize clinical presentations and outcomes of hospitalized children with confirmed mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

P-460. Clinical Presentations and Outcomes of Pediatric Mycoplasma pneumoniae: A Retrospective Chart Review

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To characterize clinical presentations and outcomes of hospitalized children with confirmed mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
Retrospective cohort study at Riley Hospital for Children.
Included patients admitted with confirmed mycoplasma pneumoniae infection from February 2024 to February 2025.
Data extracted on demographics, comorbidities, clinical presentations, and treatments.
Identified 122 clinical encounters with 148 positive tests for mycoplasma pneumoniae.
Notable 20.7-fold increase in positive molecular respiratory tests from the previous year.
25% of patients required ICU admission for pulmonary complications.

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Retrospective chart review identifies challenges in diagnosing mycoplasma pneumoniae and treatment outcomes in pediatric patients.

Sahni et al. (2026) studied this question.

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