Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection complicated by pneumomediastinum and severe mucositis

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 403-405

  Fearon, Deborah ^a   Hesketh, Elizabeth L ^a   Mitchell, Anne E ^a   Grimwood, Keith ^a,b  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mucositis; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Spontaneous pneumomediastinum

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CHLORHEXIDINE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MUCOSITIS; NEW ZEALAND; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 34247887341     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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