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Volume 31, Number 12—December 2025

Research Letter

Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Children, Ohio, USA

Huanyu WangComments to Author , Tori Embry, Kathy Everhart, Morgan Szekely, Jeanette Taveras, Sophonie J. Oyeniran, and Amy L. Leber
Author affiliation: Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA (H. Wang, T. Embry, K. Everhart, M. Szekely, J. Taveras, S.J. Oyeniran, A.L. Leber); The Ohio State University, Columbus (H. Wang, J. Taveras, S.J. Oyeniran, A.L. Leber)

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Monthly azithromycin prescriptions per 1,000 patients at Nationwide Children’s Hospital urgent care centers, Mycoplasma pneumoniae positive rates, and MRMp rates, Ohio, USA, September 2023–May 2025. Macrolide resistance was determined in a subset of samples. MRMp rates were not available during September 2023–December 2023. MRMp, macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae.

Figure. Monthly azithromycin prescriptions per 1,000 patients at Nationwide Children’s Hospital urgent care centers, Mycoplasma pneumoniae positive rates, and MRMp rates, Ohio, USA, September 2023–May 2025. Macrolide resistance was determined in a subset of samples. MRMp rates were not available during September 2023–December 2023. MRMp, macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae.

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