Cutaneous vasculitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: case report and literature review

Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2007 Jun;46(5):451-3. doi: 10.1177/0009922806298638.

Abstract

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is an important bacterial agent that causes pneumonia in pediatric patients; it can also affect other organs or systems. Extrapulmonary manifestations include neurological, cardiac, hematologic, renal, gastrointestinal, osteoarticular, cutaneous, and ocular involvement. This report presents a 7-year-old male affected with cutaneous and retinal vasculitis due to M pneumoniae infection without pulmonary detection. The available literature on cutaneous vasculitis and M pneumoniae infection is also reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Conjunctivitis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycoplasma Infections*
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae*
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Vasculitis / microbiology*