Cardamom Derived Phytochemicals against Mycoplasma pneumonia Causing Bronchitis

Mycoplasma pneumonia, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and chronic obliterative bronchitis.

Chyloptysis causing plastic bronchitis

Chyloptysis is a rare clinical problem that is associated with conditions affecting lymphatic channels in the thorax. Diagnosis is usually made when the patients present with expectoration of milky-white sputum or of thick tenacious mucus in the shape of smaller bronchi (bronchial cast). Typically the symptoms resolve after coughing up of the bronchial casts. Pleural, mediastinal, pulmonary or ...

Mycoplasma Pneumonia in Adults

The organism Mycoplasma pneumoniae is responsible for both upper and lower respiratory infections in man. ?n 1974 and 1975 there was an epidemic of mycoplasma infection in the British Isles and many cases Were indentified in the Bristol area. It is certain that many were not diagnosed and that appropriate treatment was not given. It therefore seems opportune to review the features of this infec...

Bronchiectasis after mycoplasma pneumonia.

Infection by Mycoplasma pneumoniae is common and usually mild. A few cases are severe and deaths have occurred. Long term sequelae are rare. We describe the case of a 23 year old man who now has cylindrical bronchiectasis. His symptoms date from an episode of mycoplasma pneumonia, complicated by Stevens-Johnson syndrone, seven years previously. He is also unusual in that he has had a second epi...

Severe mycoplasma pneumonia.

A patient who developed who developed a protracted illness following severe mycoplasma pneumonia is described. The acute phase of the infection was complicated by myocarditis and haemolytic anaemia. The respiratory symptoms abated and lung function tests improved with the administration of systemic and inhaled corticosteroids.