title: [Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia with a tumorous shadow on chest radiography--a case report].
abstract: A 16-year-old woman was admitted with a 1-week history of increasing cough and fever. Chest radiography and computed tomography revealed a tumorous shadow in the right upper lung field. Serologic testing provided evidence of a Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. The clinical findings did not improve after 3 days of minocycline treatment, or after another 3 days in which levofloxacin was administered in combination with minocycline. The patient gradually improved after treatment with erythromycin replaced the minocycline treatment. This was a rare case of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia with a tumorous shadow in the chest radiograph.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Medicine, Yuri Kumiai General Hospital, 38 Yago, Kawaguti, Honjo City, Akita 015-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Onodera
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yazaki
authors.forename: Takefumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008911:Minocycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D008911:Minocycline