Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated Hepatitis without Lung Involvement / 대한소화기학회지
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
;
: 50-53, 2017.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-10152
ABSTRACT
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is a major cause of community acquired respiratory infections. And it also causes a number of extrapulmonary manifestations including cardiovascular, dermatological, musculoskeletal, and hematological systems. But, acute hepatitis without lung involvement is rare in adults. Here, we report a case of 32-year-old man who presented with fever, chilling, myalgia, and headache. Biochemical analysis showed severely impaired liver function and leukopenia. Laboratory tests and liver biopsy demonstrated a hepatocellular pattern of M. pneumoniae-associated acute hepatitis. Clinical symptoms and laboratory parameters are improved rapidly under treatment with macrolide. Therefore, We recommend that phsycians should consider a possibility of M. pneumoniae infection in acute hepatitis without lung and extrapulmonary involvement, when other more frequent causes have been excluded.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Pneumonia, Mycoplasma
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Respiratory Tract Infections
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Biopsy
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Fever
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Myalgia
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Headache
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Hepatitis
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Leukopenia
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Liver
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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