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    This fact sheet pdf icon[1 page] describes Mycoplasma pneumoniae illness, its symptoms, how it’s spread and treated, and who is at increased risk.

    Page last reviewed: June 5, 2020
    Content source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Division of Bacterial Diseases
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