Severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections with prolonged fever in a child: Delayed treatment is as important as macrolide resistance

We report a 7-year-old girl who got Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection with prolonged fever. Macrolide was used on day 14 of illness but fever persisted with progressive lung consolidation. Oral prednisolone was administered on day 33 then fever subsided with dramatically clinical improvement (decrease...

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Main Authors: Jun Yi Sim, Yi-Hsin Chang, Wei-Yu Chen, Yun Chou, Wei-Yun Hsu, Yu-Chin Chen, Tu-Hsuan Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118220301080