Mycoplasma pneumoniae associated with severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia: Case report and literature review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-79

  Khan, Fahmi Yousef ^a   Yassin, Mohamed A ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Cold agglutinins; Hemolytic anemia; Leucocytosis; Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BILIRUBIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COLD AGGLUTININ; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BASAL CREPITATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COOMBS TEST; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEVER; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEUTROPHIL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSE RATE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROLOGY; THORAX DISEASE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINE COLOR; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 69249216705     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702009000100018     Document Type: Article

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