Increased Pneumonia-Related Emergency Department Visits, Northern Italy

An increase in pneumonia-related emergency department visits was observed in Lombardy, northern Italy, during June-October 2024. Viral causes appear insufficient to explain the increase, suggesting a bacterial cause. Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Bordetella pertussis emerged as possible causes when othe...

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Published in:	Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 1057 - 1059
Main Authors:	Villa, Simone, Maffeo, Manuel, Maistrello, Mauro, Bagarella, Giorgio, Porrello, Vincenzo Navobi, Morani, Federica, Scovenna, Francesco, Baldanti, Fausto, Bonfanti, Paolo, Pariani, Elena, Gori, Andrea, Vezzosi, Luigi, Del Castillo, Gabriele, Buoro, Sabrina, Cereda, Danilo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.05.2025 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over bacteria Bacterial pneumonia Bordetella pertussis Care and treatment Causes of Child Child, Preschool Communicable diseases COVID-19 Disease control Disease prevention Emergency medical care Emergency Room Visits Emergency service Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Epidemics Epidemiology Female Forecasts and trends Health surveillance Hospitals Humans Illnesses Increased Pneumonia-Related Emergency Department Visits, Northern Italy Infant Infections Infectious diseases Influenza Italy Italy - epidemiology Male Medical emergencies Middle Aged Mycoplasma pneumoniae outbreak Pandemics Pathogens Pneumonia Pneumonia - epidemiology Pneumonia - microbiology Public health Research Letter Respiratory tract infections Summer syndromic surveillance Trends Whooping cough Young Adult Italy England United Kingdom > UK China bacteria pneumonia Mycoplasma pneumoniae Italy outbreak Bordetella pertussis syndromic surveillance
ISSN:	1080-6040, 1080-6059, 1080-6059
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