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primary atypical pneumonia
primary atypical pneumonian. An acute infectious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, characterized by fever, coughing, sore throat, and muscle pain.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | primary atypical pneumonia - an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adultsatypical pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumoniarespiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory systemornithosis, parrot fever, psittacosis - an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds |
primary atypical pneumonia
primary atypical pneumonia[′prī‚mer·ē ā′tip·ə·kəl nu̇′mō·nyə] (medicine) Eaton agent pneumonia primary atypical pneumonia
pri·mar·y a·typ·i·cal pneu·mo·ni·aan older term referring to an acute systemic disease with involvement of the lungs, usually caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae and marked by fever, cough, relatively few physical signs, and scattered densities on x-rays; usually associated with development of cold agglutinins and antibodies to the infectious agent.primary atypical pneumonian. An acute infectious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, characterized by fever, coughing, sore throat, and muscle pain.mycoplasma pneumonia A primary atypical pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which is associated with mini-epidemics that spread by aerosol or close contact to most individuals in closed populations (e.g., military boot camps, boarding schools, colleges), affecting those aged 5–20.
Clinical findings
Incubation ± 3 weeks; insidious onset of fever, malaise, headache, myalgia, low-grade fever, cough, chest pain and respiratory disease, from asymptomatic to rhinitis, pharyngitis, tracheobronchitis and pneumonia.
Lab
Leukocytosis, relative increase in PMNs, cold hemagglutinins, biologic false-positive VDRL.
Complications
Erythema multiforme, Raynaud’s disease, cold agglutinin haemolysis; less commonly, neurological, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal defects.
Treatment
Tetracycline, erythromycin.
Vaccine
None currently available.pri·mar·y a·typ·i·cal pneu·mo·ni·a (prī'mar-ē ā-tip'i-kăl-nū-mō'nē-ă) An acute systemic disease with involvement of the lungs, caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae and marked by high fever, cough, relatively few physical signs, and scattered densities on x-rays; usually associated with development of cold agglutinins and antibodies to the bacteria.
Synonym(s): atypical pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumonia. Eaton, Monroe D., U.S. microbiologist, 1904-1958. Eaton agent - a species causing primary atypical pneumonia. Synonym(s): Eaton virus; Mycoplasma pneumoniaeEaton agent pneumonia - an acute systemic disease with involvement of the lungs, caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Synonym(s): primary atypical pneumoniaEaton virus - Synonym(s): Eaton agentprimary atypical pneumonia
Related to primary atypical pneumonia: Mycoplasma pneumoniaeSynonyms for primary atypical pneumonianoun an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughingSynonyms- atypical pneumonia
- mycoplasmal pneumonia
Related Words- respiratory disease
- respiratory disorder
- respiratory illness
- ornithosis
- parrot fever
- psittacosis
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