Syndrome de detresse respiratoire aigu sur infection a mycoplasme. [Acute respiratory distress syndrome after mycoplasma infection]

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serval:BIB_69BE46C7D2F5
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Syndrome de detresse respiratoire aigu sur infection a mycoplasme. [Acute respiratory distress syndrome after mycoplasma infection]
Journal
Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift
Author(s)
Reigner  P., Domenighetti  G., Feihl  F., Bonjour  J. P., Perret  C.
ISSN
0036-7672 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
02/1980
Volume
110
Number
6
Pages
220-3
Notes
Case Reports
English Abstract
Journal Article --- Old month value: Feb 9
Abstract
The natural and treated course of Mycoplasma pneumoniae is generally satisfactory. Only a few cases with fatal outcome have been reported, mainly in immunosuppressed and debilitated patients. The case is reported of a healthy young woman admitted with acute respiratory failure, who developed diffuse interstitial fibrosing pneumonia followed by refractory hypoxemia. The diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia was at first suspected from an elevated specific titer in the standard complement fixation test, and then confirmed in the immunofluorescence study by the presence of granular deposits (mycoplasma) in the macrophages of lung tissue. The functional impairments associated with this unusually malignant evolution are discussed.
Keywords
Adult Female Humans Lung/cytology Macrophages/cytology Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/*complications Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult/*etiology
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Web of science
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