Acute respiratory failure due to diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in mycoplasma pneumonia.
- Author:
Jung Youn JO
1
;
Yun Su SIM
;
Yoon Kyung KIM
;
Yookyung KIM
;
Jin Hwa LEE
;
Jung Hyun CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hs1017@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage;
Mycoplasma pneumonia;
Acute respiratory failure
- MeSH:
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Mycoplasma;
Pneumonia;
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma;
Respiration, Artificial;
Respiratory Insufficiency
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2010;79(4):428-431
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Acute respiratory failure from mycoplasma pneumonia is uncommon, because community-acquired pneumonia from mycoplasma pneumonia is typically not severe in patients without underlying disease. In addition, alveolar hemorrhage is a rare manifestation in these cases. We describe a case of acute respiratory failure that required mechanical ventilation due to diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in an immunocompetent patient with mycoplasma pneumonia.
