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We report a surge of patients, especially children and adolescents, with respiratory disease caused by in Denmark since October 2023. While the surge has reached an epidemic level, no impact on hospital capacity has been observed; only 14% (446/3,195) of cases, primarily adults, required hospitalisation. Macrolide resistance was detected in less than 2% of samples tested. Timely monitoring of hospitalisations linked to infections has been established to inform the healthcare system, decisionmakers and the public.

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae epidemic in Denmark, October to December, 2023
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Anne+Christine+Nordholm&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nordholm Anne Christine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Bolette+S%C3%B8borg&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Søborg Bolette</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Pikka+Jokelainen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Jokelainen Pikka</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Karina+Lauenborg+M%C3%B8ller&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lauenborg Møller Karina</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lotte+Flink+S%C3%B8rensen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Flink Sørensen Lotte</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Tyra+Grove+Krause&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Grove Krause Tyra</a>, <a href="/search?value1=S%C3%B8ren++Anker+Uldum&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Anker Uldum Søren </a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hanne-Dorthe+Emborg&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Emborg Hanne-Dorthe</a></span>. Mycoplasma pneumoniae epidemic in Denmark, October to December, 2023. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2024;29(2):pii=2300707. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.2.2300707" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.2.2300707</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 13 Dec 2023;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 10 Jan 2024 </span> </p>
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