Fatal Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection With Isolation of Organisms From Lung

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Acute hemolytic anemia associated with cold agglutinins, hypercoagulability of the blood, and multiple organ thromboembolism and infarction caused the death of a 70-year-old woman with atypical pneumonia of three weeks' duration. Central nervous system involvement was present. At autopsy,Mycoplasma pneumoniaewas cultured directly from lung tissue and bronchial lymph nodes on artificial medium. Intravascular hemolysis and thrombosis were directly related to infection withM pneumoniaewhich apparently did not respond to late administration of ordinarily adequate doses of tetracycline and corticosteroids.

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