Mycoplasma pneumoniae associated stroke in a 3-year-old girl.
10.3345/kjp.2013.56.9.411
- Author:
Gun Ha KIM
1
;
Won Hee SEO
;
Bo Kyung JE
;
So Hee EUN
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sheun@korea.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae;
Stroke;
Child
- MeSH:
Antibodies, Antinuclear;
Child;
Communicable Diseases;
Fibrinogen;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Mycoplasma;
Mycoplasma pneumoniae;
Pneumonia;
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma;
Preschool Child;
Protein S Deficiency;
Respiratory Tract Infections;
Stroke;
Thrombosis
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2013;56(9):411-415
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Infectious diseases precede a significant proportion of acute ischemic strokes in children. Here, we report a case of acute ischemic stroke in a 3-year-old girl with a Mycoplasma pneumonia-associated respiratory tract infection. She developed an acquired prothrombotic state of protein S deficiency and had increased fibrinogen and fibrinogen degradation product levels and increased titer of antinuclear antibodies. However, these conditions were completely alleviated at the 1-month follow-up examination. Infection with M. pneumoniae may cause a transient prothrombotic state that can potentially cause a thrombus.
