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Emergence of Novel Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Sequence Type 3 Subclades in Children after COVID-19 Pandemic, Taiwan
Yu-Chia Hsieh, Chen-Ching Lin, Jia-Wen Wu, Yi-Hsuan Liu, Yi-Jiun Pan, Tzu-Ya Lo, Shian-Sen Shie, Huey-Ling You, Chong-Wei Huang, Yi-Chuan Huang, Tzu-Ching Huang, Yu-Xin She, Yin-Cheng Chen
1, and Shiao-Wen Li
1
Author affiliation: Chang Gung Children’s Hospital, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan (Y.-C. Hsieh, J.-W. Wu, Y.-H. Liu, T.-Y. Lo); School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan (C.-C. Lin, Y.-C. Chen); School of Medicine, College of Medicine, People’s Republic of China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan (Y.-J. Pan); Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan (S.-S. Shie); Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (H.-L. You); Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan (C.-W. Huang, Y.-C. Huang); School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei (T.-C. Huang); College of Science Department of Life Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung (Y.-X. She, S.-W. Li)
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Figure 1. Mycoplasma pneumoniae–related incidence among persons <18 years of age in study of emergence of novel macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae sequence type 3 subclades in children after COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan, 2017–2024 (n = 2,340). A) Monthly numbers of M. pneumoniae tests and laboratory-confirmed cases at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. B–E) Monthly rates per 100,000 population by age group: B) M. pneumoniae positivity; C) M. pneumoniae–related hospitalizations; D) M. pneumoniae–related ICU admissions; E) M. pneumoniae–related CNS complications. CNS, central nervous system; ICU, intensive care unit.
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