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Mycoplasmal pneumonia is caused by Mycoplasmapneumoniae. It is also called atypical pneumonia. Hence, it is a bacterial infection. It is not that much a common type of pneumonia found unlike pneumococcal pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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