Severe necrotizing pneumonitis in a child with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-65

  Oermann, Christopher ^a   Sockrider, Marianna M ^a   Langston, Claire ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma pneumonlae; Pathology; Pulmonary necrosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NECROSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030791705     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199707)24:1<61::AID-PPUL11>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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