A case of mycoplasma pneumonia complicated with acute respiratory failure.

Jang, Byeong Ik; Kim, Hyeung Il; Kim, Sung sook; Lee, Choong Ki; Chung, Jin Hong; Lee, Kwan Ho; Shim, Bong Sup; Lee, Hyun Woo

doi:1992.39.2.194

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 39(2); 1992 > Article

Original Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1992;39(2):194-198.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1992.39.2.194 Published online April 1, 1992.

A case of mycoplasma pneumonia complicated with acute respiratory failure.

Byeong Ik Jang, Hyeung Il Kim, Sung sook Kim, Choong Ki Lee, Jin Hong Chung, Kwan Ho Lee, Bong Sup Shim, Hyun Woo Lee

Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Korea

Abstract

Mycoplasma pneumoniae produιes illness in man ranging from mild upper respiratory tract infection to severe bronchitis and pneumonia. We experienced a case of mycoplasma pneumonia complicated with acute respiratory failure, cold agglutinin hemolytic anemia, pleural effusion, Raynaud’s phenominon and hepatitis in 27-year-old female. She was diagnosed as having mycoplasma pneumonia by detecting mycoplasma antibody and cold agglutinin test and treated effectively with erythromycin.

Key Words: Mycoplasma pneumonia, Acute respiratory failure