Fulminant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 345-348

  Takiguchi, Yasuo ^a   Shikama, Nobuaki ^a   Aotsuka, Nobuyuki ^a   Koseki, Hideyuki ^a   Terano, Takashi ^a   Hirai, Akira ^a  

^a Chiba City Hosp   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Multiple organ failure

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PLASMAPHERESIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ERYTHROMYCIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0035320855     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.345     Document Type: Article

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