title: Mycoplasmal pneumonia. Are you thinking of atypical presentations?
abstract: The presentations of mycoplasmal pneumonia can be varied and sometimes complicated. The atypical nature of this illness, as opposed to the clear pattern of findings in classic bacterial pneumonias, leads the physician to the diagnosis. Appropriate therapy then allows quick improvement as a rule, with few sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport.
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Stogner
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D004917:Erythromycin; D013752:Tetracycline