Pancytopenia Associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia.
10.7581/pard.2012.22.4.417
- Author:
Ji Hye SEO
1
;
Ju Hee SEO
;
Hyung Young KIM
;
Young Ho JUNG
;
Woo Sang KIM
;
Jinho YU
;
Soo Jong HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jyu3922@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae;
Pancytopenia
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Child;
Digestive System;
Hematopoietic System;
Humans;
Immunoglobulins;
Korea;
Mycoplasma;
Mycoplasma pneumoniae;
Nervous System;
Pancytopenia;
Pneumonia;
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma;
Respiratory System;
Skin
- From:Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease
2012;22(4):417-421
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is the most common pathogen of the respiratory tract among school-aged children and adolescents. It can also cause extrapulmonary manifestation that involves the skin, nervous system, digestive system, and hematopoietic system. A 12-year old girl was admitted to Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital with M. pneumoniae pneumonia. Her respiratory symptoms and signs improved after the treatment with macrolide antibiotics, and she was discharged. However, pancytopenia developed 16 days after the first admission date. She was readmitted, and treated successfully with intravenous immunoglobulin. We reported her as the first case of pancytopenia asscociated with M. pnuemoniae pneumonia in Korea.
