RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Mycoplasma pneumonia with fulminant evolution into diffuse interstitial fibrosis.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 140
OP 144
DO 10.1136/thx.35.2.140
VO 35
IS 2
A1 J M Kaufman
A1 C A Cuvelier
A1 M Van der Straeten
YR 1980
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/35/2/140.abstract
AB A fatal case of interstitial pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae with fulminant evolution into diffuse interstitial fibrosis is reported. Treatment with tetracycline and corticosteroids failed to arrest the progress of the disease. Fatal Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections have been reported previously and some degree of pulmonary fibrosis has been described in a few cases but as far as could be ascertained there are no other well-documented cases of diffuse interstitial fibrosis with proved Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.