A fulminant pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae – Case report and literature review
Athira Unni, MD,
P.K. Hidayathulla, MD,
K.P. Kavitha, MD,
Mohammed Niyas Paloth, MD,
Priyanka Raveendranadhan Nair, MD,
Jayesh Kumar P, MD,
Chandni Radhakrishnan, MD PhD
Affiliations
Athira Unni, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode 673008, Kerala, India
P.K. Hidayathulla, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode 673008, Kerala, India
K.P. Kavitha, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode 673008, Kerala, India
Mohammed Niyas Paloth, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode 673008, Kerala, India
Priyanka Raveendranadhan Nair, MD
Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, Government Medical College, Kozhikode 673008, Kerala, India
Jayesh Kumar P, MD
Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode 673008, Kerala, India
Chandni Radhakrishnan, MD PhD
Department of Emergency Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode 673008, Kerala, India; Correspondence to: Emergency Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode 673008, Kerala, India.
Fulminant pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae [MP] is quite rare even though there is a high prevalence of Mycoplasma species infection in the general population.We report a case of an atypical pneumonia with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a young female and the clinical challenges encountered along with the current literature review.
