JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-Journal of Anesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection: A Case Requiring Follow-Up in Intensive Care Unit
Authored by Sema Avci*
The community-acquired pneumonia due
to Mycoplasma pneumoniae is usually mild. Severe life-threatening pneumonia is
rare due to this kind of infection. Our case was a 50-year-old healthy male
patient. Patient with bilateral pneumonia, acute respiratory failure and high
fever was followed in the intensive care unit and noninvasive mechanical
ventilation was performed. IFAT Mycoplasma species IgM 1/80 were positive. This
case report shows that community acquired pneumonia with acute respiratory
failure is not seen only elderly and immuncompromised patients. This kind of
pneumonia may also seen in healthy adults.
A 50-year-old man admitted to
emergency room with high fever, cough, sputum, headache and dyspnea. The
patient’s medical history and family history were unremarkable. Smoking status
was active. On respiratory system examination, tuber sufl on the right middle
zone, and inspiratory rales were revealed on the left lung middle side. The
patient’s blood pressure was 80/40 mmHg, pulse was 105/beats per minute, fever
was 390C, respiratory per minute was 34 and oxygen saturation on finger monitor
was 74%. The patient with moderate general status was admitted to the intensive
care unit.
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