Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia with Worsening Pleural Effusion Despite Treatment with Appropriate Antimicrobials: Case report

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia. As M. pneumoniae pneumonia is usually a mild and self-limiting disease, complications such as pleural effusion occur only rarely. We report a 22-year-old woman who presented to the Emergency Medicine Department of the Sultan Qa...

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Main Authors: Kowthar S. Hassan, Ghalib Al-Khadouri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sultan Qaboos University 2018-09-01
Series:Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Online Access:https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squmj/article/view/2728