Mycoplasma pneumoniae associated with hemolytic anemia, cold agglutinins, and recurrent arterial thrombosis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-217

  Wilson, Michelle L ^a,b   Menjivar, Eduardo ^a   Kalapatapu, Viswanath ^a   Hand, Alfred P ^a   Garber, James ^a   Ruiz, Michael A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pooler Parkway Internal Medicine LLC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial thrombosis; Cold agglutinins; Hemolytic anemia; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

COLD AGGLUTININ; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISONE; STEROID; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; OPERATING ROOM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBECTOMY;

ADULT; AGGLUTININS; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33846833815     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000254212.35432.99     Document Type: Article

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