Pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax as presenting signs in severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1286-1288

  Vázquez, José L ^a   Vázquez, Ignacio ^a   González, Maria L ^a   García Tejedor, José L ^a   Repáraz, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COMPLEX OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Child; Mycoplasma; Pneumomediastinum; Pneumonia; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NITRIC OXIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36348970557     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0611-1     Document Type: Article

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