and some first-line antibiotics used to treat pneumonia, like penicillin, will not work. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.

A type of pneumonia infection that’s increasing in the U.S. prompted a warning from the CDC. It’s historically been linked to ...

Pediatric cases of Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated pneumonia ... using a second-line antibiotic — fluoroquinolones or tetracyclines — for patients not improving with the first-line treatment ...

The pneumonia is caused by tiny Mycoplasma ... Awareness of the Mycoplasma trend is important, the CDC says, since first-line ...