In China, doctors have recorded the spread of a strain of the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which is the causative agent of atypical pneumonia. Experts are paying close attention to the mutated strain, since it is resistant to currently existing antibiotics. A detailed article on this issue was published by the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.
In a number of children's hospitals in Beijing, doctors discovered the spread of a new, previously unknown strain of the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae among patients. This mutation of the bacteria that causes SARS is especially dangerous because it has good resistance to modern antibiotics. Dr. Hongmei Sun of the Beijing Institute of Pediatrics is studying this problem. The findings of Chinese physicians are published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.
Dr. Sun and colleagues recorded the first cases of infection with this pathogen in May last year, at the moment the number of cases has exceeded 700. Epidemiologists fear that Mycoplasma pneumoniae may lead to another outbreak in China of SARS, so they are investigating this bacterium and collecting as much data as possible. to overcome it. Experts believe that by autumn they will collect enough knowledge to prevent an epidemic.
Svetlana Shestunova