Prolonged Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in an elderly patient with community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 243-247

  Takahashi, Takashi ^a,b   Morozumi, Miyuki ^b   Okada, Takafumi ^b   Chiba, Naoko ^b   Asami, Ryoko ^a   Murayama, Somay Y ^b   Ubukata, Kimiko ^b  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Drug susceptibility; Elderly; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CREATINE KINASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUNGAL DNA; GARENOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PAZUFLOXACIN; ROKITAMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TELITHROMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG INFILTRATE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

EID: 69049098142     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-009-0692-x     Document Type: Article

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