[The functional sequelae of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia].
To check the possible existence of long-term pulmonary functional sequelae in patients with pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae, 17 patients who showed evident spirometric disorders during the recovery from the acute phase of a pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae were studied. In the acute phase of the disease, 7 patients showed a ventilatory restriction, 6 of them had an obstructive pattern while in four patients a mixed pattern was observed. After a latency period, which mean length was 39 months, it was seen that there was a return to normal values of the spirometric conventional parameters initially altered in all cases. However 5 patients (33%) who did not smoke, showed a significant decrease on the maximum flows at low volume. These results suggest that in a high percentage of adult patients, as has been previously described in children, pneumonia due to M. pneumoniae could leave as a sequelae the persistent affectation of small airway.
Romero Candeira
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Sección de Neumología, Hospital de Alicante, SVS, Universidad de Alicante.
Candela Blanes
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Martín Serrano
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Hernández Blasco
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Larnia Sánchez
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Gil Carbonell
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
Secuelas funcionales de la neumonía por Mycoplasma pneumoniae.