Primary atypical pneumonia

Japanese: primary atypical pneumonia（英語表記）primaryatypicalpneumonia

...This classification is extremely useful in selecting treatment methods such as chemotherapy. Among these, viral pneumonia and pneumonia caused by virus-like microorganisms include primary atypical pneumonia (abbreviated as PAP, atypical pneumonia), which generally has mild subjective symptoms, shows characteristic shadows on X-ray images, does not show leukocytosis, does not show pathogenic bacteria in sputum, and shows positive cold agglutination reactions. Thirty to forty percent of these are mycoplasma pneumonia, and the rest are thought to be pneumonia caused by an unknown virus. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "primary atypical pneumonia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この分類は，化学療法などの治療法を選択するうえにきわめて有用である。これらのうち，ウイルス性肺炎およびウイルス様微生物による肺炎には，自覚症状が一般に軽く，X線像で特徴的陰影を呈し，白血球増加を示さず，痰中に病原細菌を証明せず，寒冷凝集反応が陽性を示す原発性非定型肺炎primary atypical pneumonia(略称PAP。異型肺炎)が含まれ，その30～40％はマイコプラズマ肺炎で，他は不明のウイルスによる肺炎と考えられている。…

※「primary atypical pneumonia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について | 情報

<<: primary amenorrhea

>>: Primary biliary cirrhosis