title: Chest computed tomography for the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
abstract: We analysed 53 cases of laboratory-confirmed Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection with cough lasting ≥ 7 days and chest radiography showing no abnormal findings. Twenty-two (41%) of those patients showed abnormal findings on chest high-resolution computed tomography. In the daily clinical setting, for assessment of acute cough, physicians should be aware that it is difficult to confirm bronchiolitis or bronchopneumonia due to M. pneumoniae by chest radiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine 1, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama City, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: Hiroto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akaike
authors.forename: Hideto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Teranishi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Kazunobu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ouchi
authors.forename: Niro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okimoto
mesh_terms: D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Mycoplasma pneumonia; bronchial wall thickening; centrilobular nodule; community‐acquired pneumonia; high‐resolution computed tomography