Bronchiectasis after mycoplasma pneumonia.

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  • K F Whyte
  • G R Williams
چکیده

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 episode of illness probably caused by M pneumoniae.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Thorax

دوره 39 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1984