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Chest computed tomography for the diagnosis of M ycoplasma pneumoniae infection
Author(s) -
Miyashita Naoyuki,
Akaike Hiroto,
Teranishi Hideto,
Nakano Takashi,
Ouchi Kazunobu,
Okimoto Niro
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/resp.12218
Subject(s) - medicine , computed tomography , microbiology and biotechnology , radiology , biology
We analysed 53 cases of laboratory‐confirmed M ycoplasma pneumoniae infection with cough lasting ≥7 days and chest radiography showing no abnormal findings. Twenty‐two (41%) of those patients showed abnormal findings on chest high‐resolution computed tomography. In the daily clinical setting, for assessment of acute cough, physicians should be aware that it is difficult to confirm bronchiolitis or bronchopneumonia due to M . pneumoniae by chest radiography.