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
History
M. pneumoniae was historically called "Eaton's agent"[1] because it is grown on Eaton's agar.