1. Increase of respiratory illnesses among children in Beijing, China, during the autumn and winter of 2023.
- Author
-
Gong C, Huang F, Suo L, Guan X, Kang L, Xie H, Hu G, Yang P, and Wang Q
- Subjects
- Child, Humans, Beijing epidemiology, Drug Resistance, Bacterial genetics, Mycoplasma pneumoniae genetics, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Macrolides, China epidemiology, Pneumonia, Mycoplasma drug therapy, Pneumonia, Mycoplasma epidemiology
- Abstract
In 2023, through an ongoing respiratory pathogen surveillance system, we observed from mid-September onwards, an increase of respiratory illness among children aged ≤ 15 years presenting at hospital outpatient clinics in Beijing, China. Data indicated that illness was caused by multiple pathogens, predominantly Mycoplasma pneumoniae . Seasonality, periodicity and high prevalence of resistance to macrolide (30 of 30 strains sequenced with the A2063G mutation) were important characteristics of the M. pneumoniae epidemic, which resulted in a rise in consultations at specialised paediatric hospitals.
- Published
- 2024
- Full Text
- View/download PDF