id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-006505-u3znxf2b Van Bever, H. P. Adult respiratory distress syndrome associated withMycoplasma pneumoniae infection 1992 .txt text/plain 1529 98 48 title: Adult respiratory distress syndrome associated withMycoplasma pneumoniae infection A 13-year-old boy is described who developed severe adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), biochemical pancreatitis and skin vasculitis after an acute respiratory infection due toMycoplasma pneumoniae. Four days before admis-Offprint requests to: H.P. Van Bever Abbreviation." ARDS = adult respiratory distress syndrome Fig. 1 . Chest X-ray film at day 4 after admission, showing diffuse bilateral infiltrates tropics, including dopamine (25 gg/kg per minute), dobutamine (15 ~tg/kg per minute) and noradrenaline (16 gg/min). Our patient was discharged without clinical symptoms, but with major disturbances of the lung function tests, suggesting that there might be some degree of interstitial fibrosis. M. pneumoniae infections have been associated with the development of ARDS in adults [3, 4, 6] . Adult respiratory distress syndrome caused by Mycoplasma pneurnoniae Adult respiratory distress syndrome in pediatric patients. ./cache/cord-006505-u3znxf2b.txt ./txt/cord-006505-u3znxf2b.txt