A Case of Mycoplasma Pneumonia with Cavity-like Shadows

Abstract

A 22-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with a history of cough and malaise. Her chest radiography showed an abnormal shadow in the right lower field, and chest tomography revealed two cavity-like shadows. One of them had a regular wall, and the other had an irregular wall. Because of the symptoms of acute respiratory infection, identification of the cavity by bronchography could not be performed. No causal agent was identified in sputum, and the serum titer of the complement fixation test to Mycoplasma pneumoniae was 1:1024. After administration of erythromycine the abnormal roentgenological findings and her symptoms disappeared.