Mycoplasma pneumoniae, splenic infarct, and transient antiphospholipid antibodies: A new association?

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Witmer, Char M ^a,b   Steenhoff, Andrew P ^a,b   Shah, Samir S ^a,b   Raffini, Leslie J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti 2 glycoprotein antibody; Anticardiolipin antibody; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CEFOTAXIME; DOXYCYCLINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; VANCOMYCIN; AUTOANTIBODY; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN INFARCTION; THROMBOPHILIA; X RAY; BLOOD; CHILD; IMMUNOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; AUTOANTIBODIES; BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR; MALE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; SPLENIC INFARCTION; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 33846897844     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1340     Document Type: Article

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