Mycoplasma pneumonia
| Mycoplasma pneumonia | |
| ICD-10 | B96.0 |
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| ICD-9 | 483.0 |
| MedlinePlus | 000082 |
| MeSH | D011019 |
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Overview
Diagnosis
M. pneumoniae infections can be differentiated from other types of pneumonia by the relatively slow progression of symptoms, a positive blood test for cold-hemagglutinins in 50-70% of patients after 10 days of infection (cold-hemagglutinin-test should be used with caution or not at all since 50% of the tests are false-positive), lack of bacteria in a gram-stained sputum sample, and a lack of growth on blood agar. Mycoplasma atypical pneumonia can be complicated by Stevens-Johnson syndrome, hemolytic anemia, encephalitis or Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Treatment
Second generation macrolide antibiotics, doxycycline and second generation quinolones are effective treatments. Disease from mycoplasma is usually mild to moderate in severity.
History
M. pneumoniae was historically called "Eaton's agent"[1] because it is grown on Eaton's agar.