Camino Trobajo-Sanmartín , María Eugenia Portillo , Ana Navascués , Iván Martínez-Baz , Carmen Ezpeleta , Jesús Castilla
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Abstract
Objective
To assess the pneumonia incidence in Navarre, Spain, in the 2023–2024 season.
Methods
Using electronic medical records, we evaluated the incidence of clinical pneumonia, positive pneumococcal antigen cases and Mycoplasma pneumoniae positive PCR cases by age groups from 2017–2018 to 2023–2024 season.
Results
Compared to the average of the 2017–2018 and 2018–2019 seasons, in the 2023–2024 season, pneumonia incidence rate increased by 73% overall and multiplied by 4.43 in the age group of 5–14 years. The rate of confirmed pneumococcal pneumonia increased by 63%, and that of M. pneumoniae multiplied by 19.
Conclusion
Pneumonia incidence was unusually high in all ages in the 2023–2024 season and was related to upsurges in pneumococcal and Mycoplasma diseases.