What Is Walking Pneumonia?
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#1KTKR)
Walking pneumonia is a very common type of respiratory illness, with an estimated 2 million cases annually in the United States, caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The mycoplasmas are the smallest known free-living bacteria and are unique because they lack a cell wall. "Walking pneumonia" is an atypical pneumonia and gets its name from the fact ["]
