Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2012 Jan; 4(1): 55-7
Park SJ, Pai KS, Kim AR, Lee JH, Shin JI, Lee SY
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp) is a unique pathogen which causes not only pulmonary but additionally extrapulmonary manifestations which must be rapidly diagnosed. A 12-year-old boy, with no applicable medical history, presented with fever, severe epigastric pain, as well as vomiting. Laboratory findings showed fulminant as well as cholestatic hepatitis, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, acute kidney injury, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, acute myocardial infarction, as well as rhabdomyolysis. His clinical condition rapidly deteriorated during intubation as well as continuous renal replacement therapy. Despite complete treatment, he did not recover. We report a case of fulminant as well as fatal multiple organ failure in a previously healthy child with Mp infection, describing the possible pathomechanisms of multiple organ failure involved in the disease.
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