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

Division

West Florida

Hospital

Medical Center of Trinity

Document Type

Case Report

Publication Date

12-22-2021

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

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

Publisher or Conference

Cureus

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