Pneumonia can be caused by various bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms. Walking pneumonia is typically caused by a bacterium called Mycoplasma pneumonia. Anyone can get it, but it tends to ...

Recent winter chills and freezing temperatures caught many by surprise and also risked the health of many. The flu is ...

A Saskatoon physician is saying the province is seeing more cases of walking pneumonia, which is abnormal compared to other ...

A common infection known as "walking pneumonia" has been on an uptick across the US in recent months, especially among kids and teens. The respiratory illness caused by mycoplasma pneumoniae ...

HALIFAX - Following a sharp rise in cases of walking pneumonia among Canadian children, rates of the infection seem to be dropping — but doctors are now warning families about flu and ...

“It’s a term utilized to define patients that have signs of pneumonia or a respiratory tract infection that would normally make you so ill you have to remain in bed, but instead you are still walking ...

The epidemiologic characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, including cyclic epidemics and age distribution in epidemics, differ among populations and may change within a population.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection causes fever, cough and rash in children. Cough is the predominant symptom. It is known as walking pneumonia. Doctors usually take a chest X-ray to identify ...