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. 2010 Apr;27(2):75-85.
doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.63611.

Mycoplasma pneumonia: Clinical features and management

Surender Kashyap  1 , Malay Sarkar
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Mycoplasma pneumonia: Clinical features and management

Surender Kashyap et al. Lung India. 2010 Apr.

Abstract

Mycoplasma pneumonia is a common respiratory pathogen that produces diseases of varied severity ranging from mild upper respiratory tract infection to severe atypical pneumonia. Apart from respiratory tract infections, this organism is also responsible for producing a wide spectrum of non-pulmonary manifestations including neurological, hepatic, cardiac diseases, hemolytic anemia, polyarthritis and erythema multiforme. This review focuses on molecular taxonomy, biological characteristics, epidemiology, clinical presentation, radiology and various laboratory tools in diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mycoplasma pneumonia.

Keywords: Asthma; macrolides; mollicuites mycoplasma; serology.

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