TY - JOUR
T1 - Mycoplasma pneumonia infection
T2 - A possible trigger for immune thrombocytopenia
AU - Aviner, Shraga
AU - Miskin, Hagit
AU - London, Daniel
AU - Horowitz, Shulamith
AU - Schlesinger, Menachem
PY - 2011/3/1
Y1 - 2011/3/1
N2 - Mycoplasma pneumonia (M. pneumonia) is usually not considered among the several pathogens that induce immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). We report a child with a clinical diagnosis of severe ITP that was associated with M. pneumonia pneumonia, and review the few cases described in the English literature. We suggest that thrombocytopenia associated with M. pneumonia infection may constitute a subset of ITP, although unlike ITP it occurs concomitantly with the infection and tends to be more severe than "classic" ITP. We recommend that prompt specific antibiotic and immune modulating treatment should be initiated in appropriate clinical settings.
AB - Mycoplasma pneumonia (M. pneumonia) is usually not considered among the several pathogens that induce immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). We report a child with a clinical diagnosis of severe ITP that was associated with M. pneumonia pneumonia, and review the few cases described in the English literature. We suggest that thrombocytopenia associated with M. pneumonia infection may constitute a subset of ITP, although unlike ITP it occurs concomitantly with the infection and tends to be more severe than "classic" ITP. We recommend that prompt specific antibiotic and immune modulating treatment should be initiated in appropriate clinical settings.
KW - Immune
KW - Mycoplasma
KW - Pneumonia
KW - Thrombocytopenia
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79951951610
U2 - 10.1007/s12288-011-0054-6
DO - 10.1007/s12288-011-0054-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79951951610
SN - 0971-4502
VL - 27
SP - 46
EP - 50
JO - Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
JF - Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
IS - 1
ER -
