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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is a bacteria that can cause respiratory tract infections, including mild upper respiratory illness, pneumonia (lung infection) or bronchitis (inflammation of airways).

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Notifiable Conditions Report Form for Queensland Doctors/Clinicians (section 70 PHA) or person in charge of a Hospital (section 71 PHA) (PDF 294 kB)
Time out poster (PDF 1458 kB) - guidelines for minimum exclusion periods for cases and contacts attending schools, pre-schools and child care centres.
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Queensland notification criteria guidelines for laboratories (PDF 308 kB) - identifies the results pathology laboratories should notify to the Queensland Notifiable Conditions Register
Public Health Act 2005 - including Child Health - contagious conditions
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile (PDF 393 kB)
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile FORM ONLY (PDF 393 kB)

Guidelines for prescribing oseltamivir for seasonal influenza in 2022 (PDF 177 kB)

Last updated: 29 May 2024