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- Title
Chest computed tomography for the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
- Authors
Miyashita, Naoyuki; Akaike, Hiroto; Teranishi, Hideto; Nakano, Takashi; Ouchi, Kazunobu; Okimoto, Niro
- Abstract
We analysed 53 cases of laboratory-confirmed Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection with cough lasting ≥7 days and chest radiography showing no abnormal findings. Twenty-two (41%) of those patients showed abnormal findings on chest high-resolution computed tomography. In the daily clinical setting, for assessment of acute cough, physicians should be aware that it is difficult to confirm bronchiolitis or bronchopneumonia due to M. pneumoniae by chest radiography.
- Subjects
COMPUTED tomography; MYCOPLASMA pneumoniae infections; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHIOLE diseases; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHEST X rays
- Publication
Respirology, 2014, Vol 19, Issue 1, p144
- ISSN
1323-7799
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/resp.12218