An adult case of severe life-threatening Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia due to a macrolide-resistant strain, Japan: a case report

An adult case of severe life-threatening Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia due to a macrolide-resistant strain, Japan: a case report

Abstract Background Until now, the prevalence of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) infection among adult patients has been low, and severe MP pneumonia due to a macrolide-resistant strain has seldom been reported. Here, we describe a rare case of severe life-threatening MP pneumonia due...

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Main Authors: Munehiro Matsumoto, Kentaro Nagaoka, Masaru Suzuki, Satoshi Konno, Kei Takahashi, Taichi Takashina, Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Masaharu Nishimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Pneumonia
Macrolide-resistance
Adult
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-3846-1

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