Community Outbreak of<i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i>Infection: School‐Based Cluster of Neurologic Disease Associated with Household Transmission of Respiratory Illness

Abstract

M. pneumoniae caused a community-wide outbreak of cough illness and pneumonia and was associated with the development of life-threatening neurologic disease. Although M. pneumoniae was detected in schools, its transmission in households amplified the outbreak. Interrupting household transmission should be a priority during future outbreaks.