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Severe necrotizing pneumonitis in a child with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

✍ Scribed by Christopher Oermann; Marianna M. Sockrider; Claire Langston

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 172 KB
Volume: 24
Category: Article
ISSN: 8755-6863
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199707)24:1<61::aid-ppul11>3.0.co;2-8

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✦ Synopsis

Lower respiratory tract illness due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae is typically mild and self-limited. There are, however, numerous reports of serious and life-threatening cases of mycoplasma pneumonia in adults. We present a case involving a 4-year-old girl with severe mycoplasma infection and necrotizing pneumonitis requiring lobectomy. A detailed pathological report is provided.

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