A Case of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia with a Fulminant Course in a Previously Healthy Boy.
- Author:
Tae Hee KIM
1
;
Young Hwa SONG
;
Myong Ju KIM
;
Jinno YU
;
Chong Kun CHEON
;
Hyun Seung JIN
;
Sung Jong PARK
;
Soo Jong HONG
Author Information
1. Department of pediatrics, National Medical Center, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae;
Pneumonia;
Encephalopathy;
Multiple organ failure
- MeSH:
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Child;
Hemodiafiltration;
Humans;
Multiple Organ Failure;
Mycoplasma;
Mycoplasma pneumoniae;
Pneumonia;
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma
- From:Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease
2009;19(2):191-198
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired respiratory infection in children. Through uncertain pathologic mechanisms, which most probably involve immunologically cell-mediated tissue damage, it causes life-threatening disease on rare occasion. We herein report a case of M. pneumoniae pneumonia, with encephalopathy followed by multiple organ failure in a previously healthy boy. Despite of intensive therapies with intravenous antibiotics, corticosteroid, hemodiafiltration, and transfusion, his neurologic and pulmonary sequales have remained. In most cases M. pneumoniae pneumonia are usually self- limiting with benign outcome. Even in healthy individual, however, it can manifest itself with a fulminant course and multi organ failure.
