Mycoplasma pneumoniae

No this organism is not the cause of Helen's condition. This organism is however, the most common cause of atypical pneumonia. Symptoms include a persistant cough, little to no sputum production, infiltrates on chest radiographs, and little toxicity (walking pneumonia). The organism does not produce a cell wall and is not stainable by gram stain or by acid-fast stain. Try again.

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