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Case Reports
Severe acute lung injury caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae: potential role for steroid pulses in treatment.
- M Radisic, A Torn, P Gutierrez, H A Defranchi, and P Pardo.
- Internal Medicine Department, Sanatorio de la Trinidad, Capital Federal, Argentina. mradisic@intramed.net.ar
- Clin. Infect. Dis. 2000 Dec 1; 31 (6): 1507-11.
AbstractPublished evidence of pathogenetic mechanisms of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in mycoplasmal lung infections suggests that the pulmonary injury is related to a cell-mediated immune response. Therefore, steroids may play a role in the treatment of severe cases. We describe a patient who had Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia that progressed to severe ARDS requiring mechanical ventilation and who had improvement with prednisolone pulses.
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