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Rates were highest among those ages 1 and younger, making up 7.8% of all pneumonia-associated ED visits with an M. pneumoniae diagnosis for the week ending Nov. 2.
Those ages 0–14 have the highest hospitalization rate due to bacterial pneumonia, with the total hospitalization rate being 79.1 per 10,000 persons. [37] The pneumonia death rate in Korea has been on the rise. In 2013, the death rate was 21.4 per 100,000, an increase from 5.7 per 100,000 in 2003. [38]
Both walking pneumonia and regular pneumonia are forms of pneumonia. But walking pneumonia is milder, says Thomas Russo, MD, professor and chief of infectious disease at the University at Buffalo ...
Walking pneumonia, a less severe form of pneumonia, is primarily caused by mycoplasma pneumoniae. The bacteria can damage the lining of the respiratory tract, including the throat, windpipe and lungs.
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This is the highest number of illnesses since the 2009 flu season, when there were an estimated 60 million cases. [6] According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during the 2017–2018 season the percentage of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) was at or above the epidemic threshold for 16 consecutive weeks.
There are 13 states, plus New York City, especially experiencing a spike. The list of states where respiratory illness levels are very high is below: Louisiana. South Carolina. New Mexico ...