Table 1 Description study population with successfully sequenced Mycoplasma pneumoniae positive samples, the Netherlands, 2023/2024*.

From: Mycoplasma pneumoniae MLST detected in the upsurge of pneumonia during the 2023 to 2024 winter season in the Netherlands

Setting

Community

GP

Hospital

Total

CAP

OARI

N = 44 1

N = 43

N = 15 2

N = 56 3

Age [median; IQR] (years)

45,5 [40,5–60,5]

15 [9,5–31]

21 [10,5–36]

36 [20–46,8]

36 [16–46]

Sex [n (%)]

     

Female

29 (65,9%)

16 (37,2%)

10 (47,6%)

25 (44,6%)

78 (49%)

Cycle threshold value [median; IQR]

32 [29,9–33,2]

30,8 [28,6–32,2]

31,7 [29,6–32,7]

29,6 [25,9–32,3]

30,9 [28,2–32,7]

  1. *n = number, GP = general practitioner, CAP = Community acquired pneumonia, OARI = Other Acute Respiratory infection.
  2. 1 Of one no 23 S rRNA sequence was obtained due to low bacterial load.
  3. 2 Of two no 23 S rRNA sequence was obtained due to low bacterial load.
  4. 3 Of four the MLST was inconclusive, of which for two no 23 S rRNA sequence was obtained due to low bacterial load.
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