title: The treatment of primary atypical pneumonia with intravenous doxycycline: a report of clinical observations.
abstract: Seventeen cases of primary atypical pneumonia which were probably caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae were studied as in-patients in hospital. All of these patients were treated with intravenous doxycycline and responded quickly to therapy. It has been shown that approximately 30-50% of the cases with primary atypical pneumonia are caused by M. pneumoniae. The remainder of the cases are caused by either viruses or possibly rickettsiae.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D004318:Doxycycline