Mycoplasma Pneumonia and Its Complications

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-60

  Smith, Leon G ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical pneumonia; Extrapulmonary; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Neurological

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LEVOQUIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEVER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; MALAISE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYELITIS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NEURITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PERICARDITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADICULITIS; RASH; REVIEW; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; UVEITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 76549134095     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2009.10.006     Document Type: Review

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