We report an unusual case of bilateral subconjunctival hemorrhage following mycoplasma pneumonia. A healthy 3-year-old girl developed bilateral subconjunctival hemorrhage at 4 days after the onset of fever and respiratory symptoms such as running nose, cough, and wheezing. Laboratory data were normal except for elevation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae antibodies. The patient was followed without trea...

The serologic and clinical manifestation of infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae were studied in children during the three years from October 1979 to December 1981. Pneumonia was diagnosed in 107 of the 430 patients with lower respiratory tract infections; mycoplasma pneumonia was diagnosed in 52 of these 107 (20 males and 32 females aged one to 14 years). See Fig. 1. By single serology, seropo...

conclusions: even, very low amount of csf-igg with good specificity (90%); could differentiate cases and controls (p = 0.000). the csf-igg test (sensitivity 70%, npv 28.8%) was weak for ruling out the m. pneumonia in cases. positive pcr was rare (2%) in csf of cases and controls but is more reliable for diagnosing the recent m. pneumonia infection. we prefer to assay the csf for both serology a...

Abstract Background Mycoplasma pneumoniae is one of the leading causes community-acquired pneumonia. Due to its microbiological variation, clinical presentations mycoplasma infections are atypical and diverse. Multiple pulmonary extrapulmonary manifestations have been documented. Among pulmonary, common fever, malaise, lymphadenopathy, pneumonia, upper respiratory tract infections, sinusitis, e...

Background Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Mycoplasma flocculare are two closely related mycoplasma species often found in the porcine respiratory tract[1]. However, M. hyopenumoniae is pathogenic, being the causative agent of enzootic pneumonia, while M. flocculare is a commensal bacterium. Enzootic pneumonia is a contagious respiratory disease characterized by chronic cough, growth retardation, ...

BACKGROUND Mycoplasma hominis is a fastidious micro-organism causing systemic infections in the neonate and genital infections in the adult. It can also be the cause of serious extra-genital infections, mainly in immunosuppressed or predisposed subjects. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a case of severe pneumonia and pericarditis due to Mycoplasma hominis in a previously healthy adolescent who d...

Mycoplasma pneumonia is an atypical pneumonia commonly affecting young patients with generally mild clinical course. We present a case of a 66-year-old female presenting with weight loss, night sweats and low-grade pyrexia. She acquired symptomatic haemolytic anaemia requiring blood transfusion, markedly raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) to 114 mm/hr and extensive peri-hilar lymphaden...

We describe a 10 year old boy with organising pneumonia associated with acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. The diagnosis of organising pneumonia was made by open lung biopsy and the M pneumoniae infection was proven serologically. Antibiotic and long term corticosteroid treatment resulted in steadily improving pulmonary function monitored by spirometry. The introduction of anti-inflammatory...

NAXAO, T., ORII, T. and UMETSU, M. Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia with Pleural Effusion, with Special Reference to Isolation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae from Pleural Fluid. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1971, 104 (1), 13-18 Three cases of atypical pneumonia with pleural effusion were reported. Two cases were siblings. There was no evidence for tuberculosis or bacterial infection in these cases. There was ...

Lutsky, Irving I. (Marquette University School of Medicine, Milwaukee, Wis.), and Avrum B. Organick. Pneumonia due to mycoplasma in gnotobiotic mice. I. Pathogenicity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma salivarium, and Mycoplasma pulmonis for the lungs of conventional and gnotobiotic mice. J. Bacteriol. 92:1154-1163. 1966.-Two species of mycoplasma of human origin, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and M....