Four cases of arthritis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 511-513

  Azumagawa, Kohji ^a,b,d   Kambara, Yukiko ^b   Murata, Takuji ^c   Tamai, Hiroshi ^c  

^a Seikeikai Hospital   (Japan)

^b Yao Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d Seikeikai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Rapid diagnosis test; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BETAMETHASONE; MIDECAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOM; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 50249091019     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02622.x     Document Type: Article

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