2024
Overview
Mycoplasma pneumonia is a respiratory infection caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a small bacterium that lacks a cell wall and is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia, particularly in children, adolescents, and younger adults. Because its presentation is often relatively mild and gradual, it is sometimes called walking pneumonia, though it can occasionally produce severe lung involvement and extrapulmonary complications. The organism spreads from person to person through respiratory droplets, and typical features include persistent cough, fever, sore throat, headache, and fatigue. Diagnosis can be supported by clinical assessment together with serologic, molecular, or imaging studies, and because the bacterium has no cell wall it does not respond to cell-wall-targeting antibiotics such as penicillins, so treatment relies on agents such as macrolides, tetracyclines, or fluoroquinolones. Research published through Respiratory Diseases engages with this organism, including a study of changes in cellular morphology in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia, which examines the airway response to infection. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access scholarship relevant to Mycoplasma pneumoniae, its respiratory effects, and the broader study of pulmonary infection and disease.
Research published in this journal
2 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
2012
How this research is being cited
The 2 articles above have been cited 4 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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2014 · Cell Research
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2013 · Cell Research
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Shitao Li · 2012 · Bioinformatics of Human Proteomics
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2012 · Translational bioinformatics
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