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Two Cases of Fulminant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia within 4 Months

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We report the clinical course and diagnostic findings in two patients with life-threatening Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) pneumonia who were treated in the same hospital in the course of only 4 months.

The patients were previously healthy adults, aged 31 and 37 years, respectively. In both of them severe complications occurred which coincided with the acute MP respiratory infection.

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  1. Hygiene-Institute, Unversity of Heidelberg, INF 324, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Phone: +49-6221-567815, Fax: +49-6221-564343, e-mail: heike_von_baum@med.uni-heidelberg.de, , , , , , DE

    H. v. Baum & G. Layh-Schmitt

  2. Genzyme/Virotech, Lö,wenplatz 5, D-65428 Rüsselsheim, Germany, , , , , , DE

    A. Strubel

  3. HNO-Clinic, University of Heidelberg, INF 400, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany, , , , , , DE

    J. Nollert

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  1. H. v. Baum
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Received: August 20, 1999 · Revision accepted: February 1, 2000

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v. Baum, H., Strubel, A., Nollert, J. et al. Two Cases of Fulminant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia within 4 Months. Infection 28, 180–183 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s150100050077

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