Abstract
Mycoplasma pneumoniae causes upper and lower respiratory-tract disease. In addition, extra-pulmonary diseases may occur at the same time as the pulmonary infection or soon after. These complications may involve neurological, dermatological, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal and hematological systems, or more than one of these. Complications which are dermatological, musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal are seen most frequently (15-50%) but are not as serious as nervous, cardiac and blood disorders. The mechanism behind the development of these complications is largely immunological. The extent to which autoimmune phenomena are responsible varies, evidence for this being greatest for hematological disorders and least for gastrointestinal ones.
Keywords: Mycoplasma pneumoniae, infection, autoimmunity, immunopathology.
Current Pediatric Reviews
Title:Immunopathological Aspects of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection
Volume: 9 Issue: 4
Author(s): David Taylor-Robinson
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Keywords: Mycoplasma pneumoniae, infection, autoimmunity, immunopathology.
Abstract: Mycoplasma pneumoniae causes upper and lower respiratory-tract disease. In addition, extra-pulmonary diseases may occur at the same time as the pulmonary infection or soon after. These complications may involve neurological, dermatological, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal and hematological systems, or more than one of these. Complications which are dermatological, musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal are seen most frequently (15-50%) but are not as serious as nervous, cardiac and blood disorders. The mechanism behind the development of these complications is largely immunological. The extent to which autoimmune phenomena are responsible varies, evidence for this being greatest for hematological disorders and least for gastrointestinal ones.
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Taylor-Robinson David, Immunopathological Aspects of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection, Current Pediatric Reviews 2013; 9 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157339630904131223104117
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