Mucosal Respiratory Syndrome: A Systematic Literature Review.
Dermatology
; 238(1): 53-59, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1153758
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae atypical pneumonia is frequently associated with erythema multiforme. Occasionally, a mycoplasma infection does not trigger any cutaneous but exclusively mucosal lesions. The term mucosal respiratory syndrome is employed to denote the latter condition. Available reviews do not address the possible association of mucosal respiratory syndrome with further atypical bacterial pathogens such as Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Chlamydophila psittaci, Coxiella burnetii, Francisella tularensis, or Legionella species. We therefore performed a systematic review of the literature addressing this issue in the National Library of Medicine, Excerpta Medica, and Web of Science databases.SUMMARY:
We found 63 patients (≤18 years, n = 36; >18 years, n = 27; 54 males and 9 females) affected by a mucosal respiratory syndrome. Fifty-three cases were temporally associated with a M. pneumoniae and 5 with a C. pneumoniae infection. No cases temporally associated with C. psittaci, C. burnetii, F. tularensis, or Legionella species infection were found. Two cases were temporally associated with Epstein-Barr virus or influenzavirus B, respectively.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiratory Tract Infections
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Mucositis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Topics:
Long Covid
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Variants
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Dermatology
Journal subject:
Dermatology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
000514815
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