Severe Acute Lung Injury Caused byMycoplasma pneumoniae: Potential Role for Steroid Pulses in Treatment
Open Access
- 1 December 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (6) , 1507-1511
- https://doi.org/10.1086/317498
Abstract
Published evidence of pathogenetic mechanisms of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in mycoplasmal lung infections suggests that the pulmonary injury is related to a cell-mediated immune response. Therefore, steroids may play a role in the treatment of severe cases. We describe a patient who had Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia that progressed to severe ARDS requiring mechanical ventilation and who had improvement with prednisolone pulses.Keywords
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