Mycoplasma pneumoniae bronchiolitis in adults: clinicoradiologic features and clinical course

Scand J Infect Dis. 2009;41(6-7):515-9. doi: 10.1080/00365540902942840.

Abstract

The clinicoradiologic features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae bronchiolitis in adults remain unclear. 29 patients with M. pneumoniae infection were collected and classified by computed tomographic findings (bronchiolitis (n=8) and pneumonia (n=21)). M. pneumoniae bronchiolitis is not rare in adults and is clinically similar to M. pneumoniae pneumonia, despite radiographic differences.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Bronchiolitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bronchiolitis / drug therapy
  • Bronchiolitis / microbiology
  • Bronchiolitis / pathology*
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / microbiology
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / pathology*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Statistics, Nonparametric

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antibodies, Bacterial