Macrolide-refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: case report and literature review

Mycoplasma pneumoniae causes various extra-pulmonary complications. As a rare but fatal hematological complication, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) can be observed in children with M. pneumoniae infection. We report a case of a 6-year-old girl with HLH who was initially presumed to have mac...

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Published in:	Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal
Main Authors:	Sung-Yun Ma, Danbi Kim, Juyoung Lee, Kyoungsoon Cho, Jin-Soon Suh, Soo-Young Lee
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Korean Society of Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2020-12-01
Subjects:	child lymphohistiocytosis, hemophagocytic macrolides mycoplasma pneumoniae treatment failure
Online Access:	http://pemj.org/upload/pdf/pemj-2020-00094.pdf