A case of mycoplasma pneumonia which progressed to ARDS

흉부 X-선상 속립성 결핵과 유사한 양상을 보인 Mycoplasma 폐렴에서 ARDS로 진행된 1예

  • Kim, Eui Sook (Department of internal medicine St. Francisco General Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Won Seok (Department of internal medicine St. Francisco General Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Kang Ryung (Department of internal medicine St. Francisco General Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Jeong Aa (Department of internal medicine St. Francisco General Hospital) ;
  • Baek, Young Joo (Department of internal medicine St. Francisco General Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Gwang Seob (Department of internal medicine St. Francisco General Hospital) ;
  • Sunwoo, Incheol (Department of internal medicine St. Francisco General Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Dae Ha (Department of internal medicine St. Francisco General Hospital) ;
  • Jang, Jie Jeong (Department of internal medicine St. Francisco General Hospital)
  • Published : 1996.08.30

Abstract

Mycoplasma Pneumonia is a main cause of primary atypical pneumonia and may present in a variety of ways. One auther has stated that the infiltrate is of a lobar segmental type, while others have found the infiltrates to be mainly reticular or interstitial. We experienced a case of mycoplasama pneumonia, which progressed to ARDS pattern rapidly an6 recovered completely after ventilator care.

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