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Clinical Trial
. 1988;17(29):1475-8.

[Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. A multicenter retrospective study of 182 cases]

[Article in French]
B Garo  1 , M Garré, J J Quiot, J M Boles, B Becq-Giraudon, J M Chennebault, P Choutet, C Michelet, F Raffi, P Weinbreck
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Clinical Trial

[Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. A multicenter retrospective study of 182 cases]

[Article in French]
B Garo et al. Presse Med. 1988.

Abstract

The spectrum of 182 hospital Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, collected over a five-year period, is reviewed. The diagnosis was based on complement fixation test. Mycoplasma infection was encountered mainly in young people, mean age 29 years. Eighty-four per cent presented with an atypical pneumonia, 33 per cent had extrapulmonary manifestations mainly neurological and cutaneous. Acute respiratory failure occurred in 32 cases. Only 5 patients died. Macrolides or tetracyclines remain the most effective antibiotics but spontaneous recovery is usual.

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