Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is associated with subacute cough

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is associated with subacute cough.

Cough, one of the most common reasons patients seek medical attention [1], is categorised according to duration. Acute cough lasts ,3 weeks, subacute cough lasts 3–8 weeks and chronic cough .8 weeks [2, 3]. Acute cough is usually due to viral infection; it is transient and self-limiting [4]. Chronic cough has a variety of causes that can be established in 88–100% of patients using a diagnostic ...

Transverse myelitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

retention may have been an important factor in retarding this child's growth. Obstructive apnoea during sleep is not often diagnosed in the United Kingdom,5 but there are no good reasons to think that it is a less common condition than in North America.6 We believe that it would be diagnosed more often if parents were questioned, and listened to, about sleep and the child was examined while sle...

Rhabdomyolysis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

Extrapulmonary involvement associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection usually presents with upper and lower respiratory tract infection. Extrapulmonary involvement is not uncommon, however. We report two cases of predominantly extrapulmonary manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection without significant pulmonary involvement. Both cases were diagnosed by serology. These cases illustrate the diversity of clinical presentation...

Cardiac thrombus associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

Thrombosis is a very rare complication of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. We report the case of a previously healthy nine-year-old boy with cardiac thrombus in the right ventricle associated with M. pneumoniae pneumonia. This cardiac thrombus was detected eight days after the onset of respiratory symptoms. The mechanism underlying thrombosis may be related to autoimmune modulations and was att...