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

• Main Authors: Chaudhry Rama (Author), Tabassum Irum (Author), Kapoor Lata (Author), Chhabra Anjolie (Author), Sharma Nidhi (Author), Broor Shobha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...