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I-M. pneumoniae inokubangela intaphane yeempawu ezifana ne-primary atypical pneumonia, tracheobronchitis, kunye nesifo sendlela yokuphefumula ephezulu.I-tracheobronchitis ixhaphake kakhulu kubantwana abanesistim somzimba esincitshisiweyo, kwaye ukuya kuthi ga kwi-18% yabantwana abosulelekileyo bafuna ukulaliswa esibhedlele.Ngokonyango, i-M. pneumoniae ayikwazi ukwahlula kwi-pneumonia ebangelwa ezinye iibhaktheriya okanye iintsholongwane.Ukuxilongwa okucacileyo kubalulekile kuba unyango lwe-M. pneumoniae usulelo kunye ne-antibiotics ye-β-lactam ayisebenzi, kanti unyango nge-macrolides okanye i-tetracyclines inokunciphisa ixesha lokugula.Ukubambelela kwi-M. pneumoniae kwi-epithelium yokuphefumula linyathelo lokuqala kwinkqubo yokusuleleka.Le nkqubo yokuncamathela sisiganeko esintsonkothileyo esifuna iiprotheni ezininzi zokuncamathelisa, ezifana ne-P1, i-P30, kunye ne-P116.Isiganeko esiyinyani sosulelo olunxulumene ne-M. pneumoniae alucaci njengoko kunzima ukuxilonga kwizigaba zokuqala zosulelo.