Ibisobanuro birambuye
M. pneumoniae irashobora gutera ibimenyetso byinshi nkumusonga wibanze udasanzwe wumusonga, tracheobronchitis, nindwara zubuhumekero zo hejuru.Tracheobronchitis ikunze kugaragara cyane ku bana bafite ubudahangarwa bw'umubiri, kandi abana bagera kuri 18% banduye bakeneye ibitaro.Mubuvuzi, M. pneumoniae ntishobora gutandukanywa numusonga uterwa nizindi bagiteri cyangwa virusi.Isuzuma ryihariye ni ngombwa kuko kuvura indwara ya M. pneumoniae hamwe na antibiyotike ya β-lactam nta cyo bivuze, mu gihe kuvura macrolide cyangwa tetracycline bishobora kugabanya igihe cy’indwara.Gukurikiza M. pneumoniae kuri epitelium yubuhumekero nintambwe yambere mugikorwa cyo kwandura.Iyi mugereka ni ibintu bigoye bisaba proteine nyinshi za adhesin, nka P1, P30, na P116.Indwara nyayo ya M. pneumoniae yanduye ntabwo isobanutse kuko bigoye kuyisuzuma mugihe cyambere cyo kwandura.