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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection: A Case Report.

  • Bassem S Zeidan
  • , Jinal K Patel
  • , Arielle C Kirk
  • , Arnoldo Gonzalez
  • , Imran Khan
  • HCA Healthcare

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Abstract

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP), previously known as bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP), is a serious lung disease that can cause significant and long-term damage to the distal respiratory tract. Here we describe an unusual case in which an adult patient with recent mycoplasma pneumonia developed worsening lower airway disease despite initiation of multiple antibiotic therapies, illustrating the immunological effects related to

Original languageAmerican English
JournalInternal Medicine
StatePublished - Dec 22 2021

Keywords

  • lung biopsy
  • video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (vats)
  • infectious disease pathology
  • pulmonary disease
  • cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
  • community aquired pneumonia
  • mycoplasma pneumonia
  • bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
  • boop
  • cop

Disciplines

  • Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
  • Infectious Disease
  • Internal Medicine
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases

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