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Mycoplasma pneumoniae non-pulmonary infection presenting with pharyngitis, polyarthritis and localized exanthem
D Dionisio1, M Valassina, M Uberti
1Infectious Diseases Unit, Pistoia Hospital, Italy. mpdioni@tim.it
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|December 1, 2001
Abstract:
We report a case of pharyngitis, polyarthritis and localized exanthem in acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection not involving the lower respiratory tract. Diagnosis was made by means of a particle agglutination test and IgM/IgG indirect immunofluorescence assay. This case describes a clinical complex never reported before and suggests the need for a high index of suspicion in cases of atypical presentation of M. pneumoniae infection.