Abstract
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia. As M. pneumoniae pneumonia is usually a mild and self-limiting disease, complications such as pleural effusion occur only rarely. We report a 22-year-old woman who presented to the Emergency Medicine Department of the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, in 2017 with an eight-day history of fever associated with coughing, chills and rigors. She was diagnosed with M. pneumoniae pneumonia, but subsequently developed pleural effusion which worsened despite treatment with appropriate antimicrobials. The pleural effusion required drainage, which revealed that it was of the more severe exudative type. Following drainage, the patient improved dramatically. She was discharged and advised to continue taking antibiotics.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.18295/squmj.2018.18.02.022
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 18(2), e239-242
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Hassan, K. S., & Al-Khadouri, G. (2025). Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia with Worsening Pleural Effusion Despite Treatment with Appropriate Antimicrobials: Case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 18(2), e239-242. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2018.18.02.022
MLA 9
Hassan, Kowthar S., and Ghalib Al-Khadouri. "Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia with Worsening Pleural Effusion Despite Treatment with Appropriate Antimicrobials: Case report." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, 2025, pp. e239-242. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2018.18.02.022.
Chicago (author–date)
Hassan, Kowthar S., and Ghalib Al-Khadouri. 2025. "Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia with Worsening Pleural Effusion Despite Treatment with Appropriate Antimicrobials: Case report." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 18 (2): e239-242. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2018.18.02.022.
Harvard
Hassan, K. S. and Al-Khadouri, G. (2025) 'Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia with Worsening Pleural Effusion Despite Treatment with Appropriate Antimicrobials: Case report', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 18(2), pp. e239-242. doi:10.18295/squmj.2018.18.02.022.
Vancouver
Hassan KS, Al-Khadouri G. Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia with Worsening Pleural Effusion Despite Treatment with Appropriate Antimicrobials: Case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;18(2):e239-242. doi:10.18295/squmj.2018.18.02.022
IEEE
K. S. Hassan, and G. Al-Khadouri, "Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia with Worsening Pleural Effusion Despite Treatment with Appropriate Antimicrobials: Case report," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. e239-242, 2025, doi: 10.18295/squmj.2018.18.02.022.