White Lung Pneumonia Found to Be Macrolide Resistant Mycoplasma Pneumonia, Dr Peter McCulloughâ„¢

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"White lung pneumonia" is not a new or specific disease but rather a media-coined term that gained attention in late 2023 for reporting on a surge of respiratory illnesses, particularly among children in northern China. The name refers to the white patches that appear on a patient's chest X-ray when their lungs are filled with fluid due to infection. Health officials and experts confirmed that the outbreak was caused by a combination of common, known pathogen Mycoplasma pneumoniae: A common type of bacteria that causes milder, treatable pneumonia. Dr Peter McCulloughâ„¢ breaks it down for Dr Gina Loudon on Real America's Voice December 19, 2023.

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