A fulminant case of acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with <i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i> infection

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by mycoplasmas is very rare. This report describes a severe case of atypical pneumonia due to <i>M. pneumoniae</i> in a formerly healthy young woman who developed high grade fever and cough leading to severe disseminated lung disease and...

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Main Authors: Chaudhry Rama, Tabassum Irum, Kapoor Lata, Chhabra Anjolie, Sharma Nidhi, Broor Shobha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-07-01
Series:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2010;volume=53;issue=3;spage=555;epage=557;aulast=Chaudhry