Unusual haematologic manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 80-82

  Kottayam, Radhakrishnan ^a,d   Rozenberg, Gillian ^b   Cohn, Richard J ^a,c  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Haemolytic anaemia; Lymphadenopathy; Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENICILLIN G; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COUGHING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEUTROPHILIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 33845759298     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01007.x     Document Type: Article

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