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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2010-07-01
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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 |