Mycoplasma pneumoniae associated with Stevens Johnson syndrome

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 414-417

  Mulvey, J M ^a   Padowitz, A ^a   Lindley Jones, M ^a   Nickels, R ^a  

^a The Tweed Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atypical pneumonia; Erythema multiforme; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Stevens Johnson syndrome

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; MEROPENEM; OXYGEN; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSCULTATION; CASE REPORT; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ERUPTION; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULSE OXIMETRY; SEROLOGY; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; STOMATITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VESICULAR RASH;

EID: 34250628049     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500317     Document Type: Article

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