Persistent B-cell lymphopenia, multiorgan disease, and erythema multiforme caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 558-560

  Martire, Baldassarre ^a   Foti, Caterina ^b   Cassano, Nicoletta ^c   Buquicchio, Rosalba ^b   Del Vecchio, Giovanni Carlo ^a   De Mattia, Domenico ^a,b  

^a Sezione di Pediat Clinica e Sociale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; SUPERANTIGEN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOPENIA; BLISTER; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHOPENIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PREDNISONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644794970     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2005.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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