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Case Report
Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia with a Tumorous Shadow on Chest Radiography -A Case Report-
Akihiko Onodera, Kenji Yazaki, Takefumi Ito and Kazuhiro Sato
Division of Respiratory Medicine, Yuri Kumiai General Hospital, 38Yago, Kawaguti, Honjo City, Akita 015-8511, Japan
ABSTRACT
A 16-year-old woman was admitted with a 1-week history of increasing cough and fever. Chest radiography and computed tomography revealed a tumorous shadow in the right upper lung field. Serologic testing provided evidence of a Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. The clinical findings did not improve after 3 days of minocycline treatment, or after another 3 days in which levofloxacin was administered in combination with minocycline. The patient gradually improved after treatment with erythromycin replaced the minocycline treatment. This was a rare case of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia with a tumorous shadow in the chest radiograph.
KEYWORDS: Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia, Tumorous shadow, Erythromycin, Minocycline
RECEIVED: 2002.3.15
JJRS, 40(10): 837-839, 2002
