Table 1_Clinical characteristics of hospitalized children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in Chinese tertiary hospitals during the 2023–2024 post-pandemic period.docx

1342 hospitalized children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) from a Shenzhen hospital during 2023-2024 are analyzed. The data reveals a macrolide resistance gene positive rate of 86.43% and a 25% progression rate to severe MPP. It was collected by Xiancheng Wang to study post-pandemic epidemiological and clinical patterns.

Use Cases

• Analyze the association between macrolide resistance gene status and clinical unresponsiveness to macrolides using the 86.43% positive rate and 64.29% unresponsiveness rate.
• Identify risk factors for severe MPP (SMPP) progression by examining variables like younger age, prolonged cough, and higher inflammatory markers from the 25% of cases that progressed.
• Investigate the bimodal temporal distribution of MPP cases, with peaks in November 2023 and August 2024, for epidemiological trend analysis.
• Assess clinical and laboratory profile differences between patients with pure MPP and those with co-pathogen mixed infections.

Strengths

• Contains data on 1342 pediatric patient cases from a defined two-year period (2023-2024).
• Reports specific, clinically relevant metrics such as a 86.43% macrolide resistance gene positive rate and a 25% severe MPP progression rate.
• Focuses on the distinctive post-pandemic period, capturing altered epidemiological patterns of M. pneumoniae infections.

Limitations

• The dataset is small in file size (36.3 KB), suggesting limited scope and likely aggregated summary statistics rather than patient-level records.
• Data originates from a single hospital in Shenzhen, China, limiting generalizability to other geographic or healthcare settings.
• The specific columns and sample data are unavailable, preventing detailed feature-level analysis or machine learning applications.

Provenance

Source

Shenzhen Hospital of Southern Medical University, China.

Collection Method

Retrospective analysis of hospitalized children's medical records.

Time Range

January 2023 to December 2024.

Freshness

Data covers January 2023 to December 2024 and was last updated on the platform in March 2026.

Geography

Shenzhen, China.