Mycoplasmal pneumonia, which had disappeared thanks to measures to combat Covid-19, is making a comeback. After an absence of more than three years, it has returned to pre-pandemic levels, says a Zurich study published in the journal The Lancet Microbe.
"From a scientific point of view, it was absolutely fascinating", Patrick Meyer Sauteur, from the University Children's Hospital in Zurich, told the Keystone-SDA news agency.
The measures taken during the Covid-19 pandemic also led to a decline in other pathogens, but all of them then rapidly re-appeared, with the notable exception of mycoplasma, explained the researcher. Only a few isolated outbreaks were reported, according to a study by the same team published in July. ...