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20699525

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by mycoplasmas is very rare. This report describes a severe case of atypical pneumonia due to M. pneumoniae in a formerly healthy young woman who developed high grade fever and cough leading to severe disseminated lung disease and finally to fatal ARDS. This case came into picture when killer atypical pneumonia, namely, SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), spread very fast from South-Asian countries to the rest of the world. Moreover, the clinical presentation and radiologic features of SARS bear resemblance to the syndrome of atypical pneumonia, which lead us to investigate this case into detail. We suggest that M. pneumoniae infections should be included in the differential diagnosis of pathogens causing ARDS, establishing an early diagnosis may have important therapeutic implications.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0974-5130
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
555-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
A fulminant case of acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports