2024年9月1日 · Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a tiny parasitic bacterium in the class mollicutes (Latin for soft skin). They lack a cell wall, making them resistant to penicillins and invisible on Gram stain. M. pneumoniae causes upper and lower respiratory tract disease. It binds to ciliated epithelium preventing ciliary clearance.

2023年1月16日 · Mycoplasma pneumonia is a bacteria that can infect humans. It usually causes upper respiratory tract infections but can also cause pneumonia, and it is one of the most common causes of atypical pneumonia in the United States.

The purpose of this study was to clarify the pattern of abnormalities with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia on chest computed tomography (CT) and whether the radiographic findings could distinguish M. pneumoniae pneumonia from Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia.

2022年1月6日 · Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) is the most common type of childhood community-acquired pneumonia. MPP is generally mild and self-limiting, but a small percentage of patients still develop a refractory or severe clinical course.

2023年6月29日 · Imaging findings were categorized as bronchopneumonia and consolidation/atelectasis according to X-ray, and bronchopneumonia, consolidation/atelectasis, bronchiolitis, and mosaic pattern according to computed tomography (CT).

We retrospectively reviewed chest radiographs and high-resolution CT scans obtained in 28 patients with M. pneumoniae pneumonia. Patients were identified through a chart review of patients who had undergone chest CT for suspected pulmonary infection.

Radiologic evaluation of children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae is important for diagnosis and management. To investigate the correlation between chest radiographic findings and the clinical features in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.

Imaging findings were categorized as bronchopneumonia and consolidation/atelectasis according to X-ray, and bronchopneumonia, consolidation/atelectasis, bronchiolitis, and mosaic pattern according to computed to-mography (CT).

CXR PA and lateral shows a faint focal infiltrate in the posterior basilar segment of the right lower lobe, faintly obscuring the right hemidiaphragm on the PA view and causing a faint spine sign over the lowest vertebral body on the lateral view.

Findings of Mycoplasma pneumonia on chest x ray include either interstitial pneumonia or bronchopneumonia with evidence of patchy consolidation that may be unilateral (more common) or bilateral.