Clinical features of mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in the 2010 epidemic season: Report of two cases with unusual presentations

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 402-405

  Takei, Tomoaki ^a,b   Morozumi, Miyuki ^b   Ozaki, Hirohiko ^b   Fujita, Hisayo ^b   Ubukata, Kimiko ^b   Kobayashi, Isshi ^c   Kadota, Keisuke ^d   Miyamae, Takako ^d   Yokota, Shumpei ^d   Iwata, Satoshi ^e   Takahashi, Takashi ^b  

^a Hiratsuka Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hiratsuka Kyosai Hspital ^*  (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cytokine; drug resistance; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; myocarditis; steroid

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CREATINE KINASE; FERRITIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMAL MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RARE DISEASE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

CYTOKINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYOCARDITIS; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYOCARDITIS; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 84889092786     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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