Mycoplasmal Infections

Question 1

Atypical pneumonia (Mycoplasmal pneumoniae) = Walking pneumonia

Answer 1

• Light or non-productive cough.
• Non-lobar, very small localizations. “Patchy consolidation” often in lower lung.
• Caused by unexpected organisms (Not: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis)
• Caused by atypical bacteria, viruses, fungi,
• smallest free-living prokaryotes