504 Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated Stevens-Johnson syndrome; clinical and histological features

Outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae-Associated Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.

BACKGROUND Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is an uncommon, sporadic disease and outbreaks are rare. In November 2013, an outbreak of SJS was identified at Children's Hospital Colorado. METHODS Outbreak cases were children aged 5-21 with a discharge diagnosis of SJS admitted from September 1 to November 30, 2013. Medical charts were reviewed using standardized data collection forms. Respiratory...

Mycoplasma Pneumoniae with Atypical Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: A Diagnostic Challenge

The Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) classically involves a targetoid skin rash and the association of the oral mucosa, genitals, and conjunctivae. Recently, there have been several documentations of an incomplete presentation of this syndrome, without the typical rash, usually associated with the mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Our case illustrates that this important clinical diagnosis should ...

Indapamide-associated Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

Stevens-Johnson syndrome is an acute, inflammatory eruption of the skin and mucous membranes often associated with drug ingestion. A forty-five-year-old woman showed symptoms consistent with Stevens-Johnson syndrome two days after indapamide therapy was begun for the treatment of hypertension. Initial manifestations consisted of headaches, sore throat, cough, and symptoms of conjunctival inject...

Mycoplasma pneumonia, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and chronic obliterative bronchitis.

Severe sepsis with Stevens Johnson syndrome caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae – case presentation

Background Mycoplasma pneumoniae is widely known as the etiological agent of “atypical pneumonia”, the most common clinical aspects of the infection being bronchiolitis and acute tracheobronchitis. It can also determine extrapulmonary manifestation such as ear, nose and throat infections, neurological, cardiac or dermatological manifestations. Dermatological involvement is second most common, a...