Study on Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolated fromrespiratory tract of neonates in Mosul City

279 samples of aspirate from respiratory tract infected neonates has been collected by Fluid Sucker including 100 samples from full term neonates, 109 samples from premature births and 70 samples from healthy neonates (control). The samples were cultured in Methylene Blue - Glucose Diphasic Medium. Isolation and identification of Mycoplasma pneumoniae were confirmed by Morphological & Biochemical test , sensitivity to antibiotics were also studied. The results showed that Mycoplasma pneumoniae has been isolated from full term , premature neonates by 6.1 % and 10.2 % respectively it was isolated from control samples. The out comes of sensitivity and resistance for antibiotics showed that this bacteria was sensitive to Gentamycin , Tetracyclin , Erythromycin and Chloramphenicol while it was resistant to Vancomycin , Rifampicin , Ampicilin and Trimethoprim .