A 7-year-old girl with subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, and pneumoretroperitoneum caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-250

  Inamo, Yasuji ^a   Ishizuka, Yoshiaki ^a   Hashimoto, Koji ^a   Hasegawa, Maki ^a   Saito, Katsuya ^a   Kida, Tomoko ^a   Nakamura, Ayako ^a   Ishikawa, Teruaki ^a   Fuchigami, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia; Pneumomediastinum; Pneumoretroperitoneum; Subcutaneous emphysema

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; FERRITIN; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOKINE STORM; DETERIORATION; DYSPNEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMORETROPERITONEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SWELLING; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863321053     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-011-0301-7     Document Type: Article

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