Tables and Figures

Table 1.  Comparative Activity of Antimicrobial Agents against Mycoplasma Pneumoniae

Table 2. MICs distribution of 9 antimicrobial agents for 67 M. pneumoniae isolated from 356 adult patients with CAP or upper respiratory tract infections in Beijing Chao Yang Hospital 2008-2009

Table 3:  Dose and Duration of Recommended Antimicrobial Therapy for Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia  [Download PDF]

Vignettes

Juan Pablo Scapini, Luis Pedro Flynn, et al. Confirmed Mycoplasma pneumoniae endocarditis. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Oct;14(10):1664-5.

Kim NH, et al.  Comparison of Polymerase Chain Reaction and the Indirect Particle Agglutination Antibody Test for the Diagnosis of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia in Children During Two Outbreaks. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007;26:897-903.

Thurman KA, et al.  Comparison of Laboratory Diagnostic Procedures for Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Community Outbreaks. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 May 1;48:1244-9.

von Baum H, et al.  Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia Revisted within the German Competence Network for Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAPNETZ). BMC Infect Dis 2009;9:62.

Review Article:  Simmons WL, et al.  How Some Mycoplasmas Evade Host Immune Responses.  Microbe 2007;2(11): 537-543.

Authors

Bin Cao, M.D., and Julia A. McMillan, M.D.