Congenital Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) is rare. During the United Kingdom’s 2023/2024 MP epidemic, we encountered a fatal case of probable vertically transmitted MP in a preterm infant. This report highlights the need to consider MP during incidence surges, reviews existing literature, and examines whether congenital MP cases cluster around epidemic peaks.
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