title: Two cases of fulminant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia within 4 months.
abstract: We report the clinical course and diagnostic findings in two patients with life-threatening Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) pneumonia who were treated in the same hospital in the course of only 4 months. The patients were previously healthy adults, aged 31 and 37 years, respectively. In both of them severe complications occurred which coincided with the acute MP respiratory infection.
authors.affiliation: Hygiene-Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany. heike_von_baum@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Strubel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nollert
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Layh-Schmitt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial