PRO/EDR> Mycoplasma pneumoniae – USA: (GA) college students, 2012

Pneumonia — Worldwide/Unknown
Of 19 collected specimens [oropharyngeal and nasal or nasopharyngeal swabs] from patients with pneumonia, 12 tested positive for _Mycoplasma pneumoniae_ during an outbreak at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2012. The outbreak, which occurred from 1 Sep 2012 to 4 Dec 2012, was the largest outbreak reported at a US university in 35 years, according to data in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 62(30);603-606. Available at: ]. All of the 83