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SynthesisEmerging infectious diseases2020

Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

Yu-Chin Chen, Wei-Yun Hsu, Tu-Hsuan Chang

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Synthesis in Emerging infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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100citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

100 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Clinical characteristics and associated factors of macrolide-resistant mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  4. Reporting macrolide-resistantJournal of clinical microbiology · 2026
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  6. Research progress on detection technologies for Mycoplasma pneumoniae.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  8. Post-pandemic surge ofJournal of clinical microbiology · 2026
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  11. [A prediction model for refractory pneumonia in children based on early lung ultrasound findings].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026
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  16. Doxycycline treatment for drug-resistantFrontiers in medicine · 2026
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  17. Macrolide-resistantFrontiers in pediatrics · 2026
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  20. Exploring Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors ofJournal of inflammation research · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yu-Chin Chen
Wei-Yun Hsu
Tu-Hsuan Chang
Chi Mei Medical Center · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A high prevalence rate of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MRMP) has been reported in Asia. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the effect of macrolide resistance on the manifestations and clinical judgment during M. pneumoniae infections. We found no difference in clinical severity between MRMP and macrolide-sensitive Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MSMP) infections. However, in the pooled data, patients infected with MRMP had a longer febrile period (1.71 days), length of hospital stay (1.61 day), antibiotic drug courses (2.93 days), and defervescence time after macrolide treatment (2.04 days) compared with patients infected with MSMP. The risk of fever lasting for >48 hours after macrolide treatment was also significantly increased (OR 21.24), and an increased proportion of patients was changed to second-line treatment (OR 4.42). Our findings indicate diagnostic and therapeutic challenges after the emergence of MRMP. More precise diagnostic tools and clearly defined treatment should be appraised in the future.

Indexed as

Community-Acquired InfectionsPneumonia, MycoplasmaAnti-Bacterial AgentsAsiaChildDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansMacrolidesMycoplasma pneumoniaeAnti-Bacterial AgentsMacrolidesantimicrobial resistanceAsiabacteriachildrenmacrolide resistanceMycoplasma pneumoniaepneumonia

Identifiers

PMID32568052
PMCPMC7323531
OpenAlexW3035281367

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