Severe disseminated lung disease and bronchiectasis probably due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
Severe disseminated lung disease causing acute respiratory failure developed in a previously healthy 6 1/2-year-old boy. Mycoplasma pneumoniae was implicated and a complement-fixing antibody titre of 1:1024 against this organism was detected. At autopsy bronchiectasis was found, affecting chiefly the right middle and lower lobes. The unusual radiologic and pathologic findings are discussed.
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial