Mycoplasma pneumoniae non-pulmonary infection presenting with pharyngitis, polyarthritis and localized exanthem. 2001

D Dionisio, and M Valassina, and M Uberti, and C Fabbri, and F Parri, and E G Saffi
Infectious Diseases Unit, Pistoia Hospital, Italy. mpdioni@tim.it

We report a case of pharyngitis, polyarthritis and localized exanthem in acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection not involving the lower respiratory tract. Diagnosis was made by means of a particle agglutination test and IgM/IgG indirect immunofluorescence assay. This case describes a clinical complex never reported before and suggests the need for a high index of suspicion in cases of atypical presentation of M. pneumoniae infection.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009175 Mycoplasma Infections Infections with species of the genus MYCOPLASMA. Eperythrozoonosis,Infections, Mycoplasma,Eperythrozoonoses,Infection, Mycoplasma,Mycoplasma Infection
D009177 Mycoplasma pneumoniae Short filamentous organism of the genus Mycoplasma, which binds firmly to the cells of the respiratory epithelium. It is one of the etiologic agents of non-viral primary atypical pneumonia in man. Eaton Agent
D010612 Pharyngitis Inflammation of the throat (PHARYNX). Sore Throat,Pharyngitides,Sore Throats,Throat, Sore
D005076 Exanthema Diseases in which skin eruptions or rashes are a prominent manifestation. Classically, six such diseases were described with similar rashes; they were numbered in the order in which they were reported. Only the fourth (Duke's disease), fifth (ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM), and sixth (EXANTHEMA SUBITUM) numeric designations survive as occasional synonyms in current terminology. Rash,Skin Rash,Exanthem,Rash, Skin
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D001168 Arthritis Acute or chronic inflammation of JOINTS. Oligoarthritis,Polyarthritis,Arthritides,Oligoarthritides,Polyarthritides

Related Publications

D Dionisio, and M Valassina, and M Uberti, and C Fabbri, and F Parri, and E G Saffi
January 1974, American journal of diseases of children (1960),
D Dionisio, and M Valassina, and M Uberti, and C Fabbri, and F Parri, and E G Saffi
January 1982, Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde,
D Dionisio, and M Valassina, and M Uberti, and C Fabbri, and F Parri, and E G Saffi
July 1997, Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America,
D Dionisio, and M Valassina, and M Uberti, and C Fabbri, and F Parri, and E G Saffi
June 1968, Archives of environmental health,
D Dionisio, and M Valassina, and M Uberti, and C Fabbri, and F Parri, and E G Saffi
January 2009, Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica,
D Dionisio, and M Valassina, and M Uberti, and C Fabbri, and F Parri, and E G Saffi
January 1997, British journal of hospital medicine,
D Dionisio, and M Valassina, and M Uberti, and C Fabbri, and F Parri, and E G Saffi
June 1993, Ugeskrift for laeger,
D Dionisio, and M Valassina, and M Uberti, and C Fabbri, and F Parri, and E G Saffi
January 2018, BMJ case reports,
D Dionisio, and M Valassina, and M Uberti, and C Fabbri, and F Parri, and E G Saffi
January 1981, Helvetica paediatrica acta,
D Dionisio, and M Valassina, and M Uberti, and C Fabbri, and F Parri, and E G Saffi
January 2003, Journal of clinical microbiology,
Copied contents to your clipboard!