But in general, susceptibility to illness such as active mycoplasma does run through generations in a line of rats.
The disease has been linked to a variety of disease agents, including parvovirus B19, HIV infection, measles, influenza viruses, rotaviruses, adenoviruses, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
Viral pneumonias and mycoplasma pneumonias do not result in consolidation.
Bacterial and viral pneumonia occur mostly in winter months, while mycoplasma pneumonia is more common in summer and fall.
Pneumonia in older children and young adults is often caused by the bacteria-like Mycoplasma pneumoniae, the cause of pneumonia that is often called "walking" pneumonia.