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Flu levels low, but pneumonia rates higher
By Deborah Kotz
| Globe Staff
January 13, 2012
Flu levels haven?t reached their peak yet in Massachusetts -- in fact there?s been fewer reported cases so far this season than last year. But the State Department of Public Health has warned doctors to be on the lookout for higher rates of pneumonia, especially in kids...
...he added that he and others in the Boston area have seen an increase of children coming in with pneumonia infections due to what they believe to be the bacteria mycoplasma. It usually causes milder symptoms than other bacterial pneumonia, but it is difficult to diagnose because the test isn?t widely available and tough to treat because it doesn?t respond to two common classes of antibiotics...
Flu levels low, but pneumonia rates higher
By Deborah Kotz
| Globe Staff
January 13, 2012
Flu levels haven?t reached their peak yet in Massachusetts -- in fact there?s been fewer reported cases so far this season than last year. But the State Department of Public Health has warned doctors to be on the lookout for higher rates of pneumonia, especially in kids...
...he added that he and others in the Boston area have seen an increase of children coming in with pneumonia infections due to what they believe to be the bacteria mycoplasma. It usually causes milder symptoms than other bacterial pneumonia, but it is difficult to diagnose because the test isn?t widely available and tough to treat because it doesn?t respond to two common classes of antibiotics...