Annals of The Japanese Respiratory Society:Clinical features of pneumonia caused by coinfection <i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i> and <i>Chlamydophila pneumoniae</i>

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Clinical features of pneumonia caused by coinfection Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae

Niro Okimoto Tadashi Kato Takeyuki Kurihara Naoyuki Miyashita

Department of General Internal Medicine 1, Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School

ABSTRACT

We clinically reviewed 4 cases of pneumonia caused by coinfection Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae. Pneumonia caused by coinfection M. pneumoniae and C. pneumoniae was seen in four adults, a male aged, 19 years, and three females, aged 24, 34, and 36 years. No underlying disease was present. Symptoms included persistent cough, peripheral blood WBC count of less than 10,000/μl, coarse crackles on auscultation, and expectoration of sputum. We administered minocycline or new quinolone, and the prognosis was excellent. Chest image revealed infiltrative shadow with surrounding ground-glass opacity, centrilobular shadow, and thickened bronchial walls.

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia Chlamydophila pneumoniae pneumonia Coinfection

Received 2 Jul 2014 ／ Accepted 18 Aug 2014

AJRS, 3(6): 789-793, 2014

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