Fulminant and Fatal Multiple Organ Failure in a 12-Year-Old Boy With Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection.
- Author:
Se Jin PARK
1
;
Ki Soo PAI
;
Ah Reum KIM
;
Jang Hoon LEE
;
Jae Il SHIN
;
Soo Young LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Mycoplasma pneumoniae; multiple organ failure; rhabdomyolysis
- MeSH: Acute Kidney Injury; Anemia, Hemolytic; Child; Fever; Hepatitis; Humans; Intubation; Multiple Organ Failure; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Myocardial Infarction; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma; Renal Replacement Therapy; Rhabdomyolysis; Thrombocytopenia; Vomiting
- From:Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research 2012;4(1):55-57
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp) is a unique pathogen that causes not only pulmonary but also extrapulmonary manifestations that must be rapidly diagnosed. A 12-year-old boy, with no relevant medical history, presented with fever, severe epigastric pain, and vomiting. Laboratory findings showed fulminant and cholestatic hepatitis, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, acute kidney injury, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, acute myocardial infarction, and rhabdomyolysis. His clinical condition rapidly deteriorated during intubation and continuous renal replacement therapy. Despite intensive treatment, he did not recover. We report a case of fulminant and fatal multiple organ failure in a previously healthy boy with Mp infection, describing the possible pathomechanisms of multiple organ failure involved in the disease.
