Mycoplasma pneumonia with persistent lymphadenopathy and severe cold agglutinin haemolysis
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Mycoplasma pneumonia with persistent lymphadenopathy and severe cold agglutinin haemolysis
Mycoplasma pneumonia is an atypical pneumonia commonly affecting young patients with generally mild clinical course. We present a case of a 66-year-old female presenting with weight loss, night sweats and low-grade pyrexia. She acquired symptomatic haemolytic anaemia requiring blood transfusion, markedly raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) to 114 mm/hr and extensive peri-hilar lymphaden...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2213-0071
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.10.011