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. 1980 Sep;56(659):675–676. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.56.659.675

Life-threatening Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

R McGonigle, J K Wagstaff

PMCID: PMC2425927 PMID: 7008050

Abstract

Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae is common, but it is rarely life-threatening. A case is reported in a previously healthy adult whose illness was severe enough to require treatment with intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) for 14 days and which resolved after treatment with corticosteroids.

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