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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2026

Temporal Clustering of Mycoplasma pneumoniae-Associated Encephalitis and Stroke, South Korea, 2024.

Seung Ha Song, Dayun Kang, Ye Kyung Kim, Jaeso Cho, Hye Jin Kim, Woojoong Kim, Ki Wook Yun

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Post-pandemic surge ofJournal of clinical microbiology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Seung Ha Song
Dayun Kang
Ye Kyung Kim
Jaeso Cho
Hye Jin Kim
Woojoong Kim
Ki Wook Yun

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Seventeen pediatric encephalitis (n = 12) or stroke (n = 5) cases clustered temporally during the 2023-2024 Mycoplasma pneumoniae epidemic in South Korea; similar patterns had not been noted in previous seasons. Those findings might reflect postpandemic changes in clinical manifestation and underscore the need for neurologic surveillance during M. pneumoniae epidemics.

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EncephalitisMycoplasma pneumoniaePneumonia, MycoplasmaStrokeChildChild, PreschoolCluster AnalysisFemaleHumansRepublic of Koreabacteriachildrenmeningitis/encephalitisMycoplasma pneumoniaerespiratory infectionsSouth Koreastroke

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PMID41714874
PMCPMC12928221

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