A fulminant case of acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 561-563

  Chaudhry, Rama ^a   Tabassum, Irum ^a   Kapoor, Lata ^a   Chhabra, Anjolie ^a   Sharma, Nidhi ^a   Broor, Shobha ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; atypical pneumonia; M.pneumoniae; mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METRONIDAZOLE; NITRIC OXIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UREA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; FATALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INDIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 77955867186     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.68283     Document Type: Article

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