Publication date: Aug 14, 2026
Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) is the most common form of community-acquired pneumonia, which shows an epidemic interval of 3-7 years. This study was conducted to understand the changing trends in MPP in children hospitalized before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and determine adverse outcomes and their influencing factors. This was a retrospective cohort study of children aged 28 days to 14 years hospitalized for MPP at our institution between January 2018 and December 2023. Clinical characteristics, adverse outcomes, and associated factors were analyzed using the chi-square test and multivariable logistic regression. A P
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| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| COVID-19 | |
| epidemiology | |
| hospitalization | |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia | |
| pediatric | |
| public health |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | pneumonia |
| disease | MESH | coronavirus disease 2019 |
| disease | MESH | community-acquired pneumonia |
| disease | MESH | included |
| disease | MESH | co-infection |
| disease | MESH | pleural effusion |
| disease | MESH | acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| disease | MESH | atelectasis |
| disease | MESH | cardiac failure |
| disease | MESH | anemia |
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