BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE MYCOPLASMA-PNEUMONIAE INFECTION

A patient with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) as sociated with acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is described, Alth ough mycoplasmas have occasionally been associated with bronchiolitis obliterans, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first well-docum ented case of BOOP associated with M. pneumoniae infection. The diagno sis of BOOP was made by open-lung biopsy after fiberoptic transbronchi al biopsy proved nondiagnostic. Corticosteroid therapy was administere d and a dramatic improvement was observed; the patient remained withou t complaints during a S-year follow-up period.