2 Cases of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection with Severe Pneumonia / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 515-520, 2007.
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Dans Coréen
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-134820
ABSTRACT
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is the leading cause of pneumonia in older children and young adults. Normally, it does not progress to a condition requiring hospitalization but improves spontaneously or has a mild clinical course. We report two cases of M. pneumoniae pneumonia with different clinical manifestations from the normal course. The patients were young healthy individuals. The diagnoses were made by serology. However, it could not be determined beforehand that they had M. pneumoniae pneumonia. Based on the empirical treatment strategy of severe community acquired pneumonia, the patients were treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics including cephalosporin, quinolone and macrolide. After administering the antibiotics, they showed a gradually favorable clinical course and recovered without residual complications. A M. pneumoniae infection should be considered as a cause of severe community acquired pneumonia, and empirical treatment targeting this organism might be helpful in treating patients with the severe manifestation.
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WPRIM (Pacifique occidental)
Sujet Principal:
Pneumopathie infectieuse
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Pneumopathie à mycoplasmes
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Diagnostic
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Hospitalisation
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Antibactériens
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Mycoplasma
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Type d'étude:
Etude diagnostique
Limites du sujet:
Enfant
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Humains
langue:
Coréen
Texte intégral:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Année:
2007
Type:
Article
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