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Review
Volume 10, Number 7, July 2018, pages 535-544
Mycoplasma pneumoniae: A Potentially Severe Infection
Table
Organ involvement | Manifestation |
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Pulmonary | Asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation Tracheobronchitis Pneumonia: lobar and multi-lobar infiltrates Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage |
Gastrointestinal | Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, anorexia Diarrhea Transaminitis |
Cardiovascular | Myocarditis, pericarditis Cardiac arrhythmias Thrombotic events |
Neurological | Meningitis, encephalitis, optic neuritis Guillain-Barre syndrome |
Renal | Acute tubular necrosis, glomerulonephritis, interstitial nephritis |
Musculoskeletal/skin | Erythema nodosum, cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis Erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson syndrome MP-associated mucositis Myopathy, arthritis, and rhabdomyolysis |
Thrombotic | Pulmonary embolism Splenic artery and left atrium and right ventricle thrombosis Aortic thrombosis/renal artery thrombosis |
Other | Vasculitis (positive antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies) Cytopenias, cold agglutinin-induced autoimmune hemolytic anemia, sickle cell disease, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura-like syndrome Kawasaki disease |