McGonigle R, Wagstaff J K
Postgrad Med J. 1980 Sep;56(659):675-6. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.56.659.675.
Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae is common, but it is rarely life-threatening. A case is reported in a previously healthy adult whose illness was severe enough to require treatment with intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) for 14 days and which resolved after treatment with corticosteroids.