Epidemic of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in Denmark, 2010 and 2011

S A Uldum; Jette Marie Bangsborg; Bente Gahrn-Hansen; R Ljung; Mette Mølvadgaard; R Føns Petersen; C Wiid Svarrer

Epidemic of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in Denmark, 2010 and 2011

S A Uldum, Jette Marie Bangsborg, Bente Gahrn-Hansen, R Ljung, Mette Mølvadgaard, R Føns Petersen, C Wiid Svarrer

Department of Immunology and Microbiology

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Abstract

Denmark experienced two waves of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection during autumn and early winter in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Both affected the whole country. The proportion of positive results was almost the same for both, indicating that the two waves were probably of equal size. High macrolide consumption during the epidemics did not seem to affect levels of macrolide resistance in M. pneumoniae, which remain low in Demark (1% to 3%).

Original language	English
Article number	4
Journal	Eurosurveillance (Online Edition)
Volume	17
Issue number	5
Number of pages	4
ISSN	1025-496X
Publication status	Published - Feb 2012

Keywords

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Denmark
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Drug Utilization
Epidemics
Humans
Incidence
Macrolides
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma
Population Surveillance

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