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Table 1 Diverse outcomes associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infectiona

From: Retrospective survey for sialidase activity in Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolates from cases of community-acquired pneumonia

Aural

Dermal

Musculoskeletal

• otitis externa

• bullous exanthema

• reactive arthritis

• otitis media

• cutaneous vasculitis

• rhabdomyolysis

• myringitis

• erythema nodosum

• septic arthritis

Cardiac

• Stevens-Johnson syndrome

Ocular

• arrhythmia

• ulcerative stomatitis

• conjunctivitis

• myocarditis

• urticaria

• iritis

• pericardial effusion

• vesicular rash

• retinitis

• pericarditis

Gastrointestinal

• uveitis

Central nervous system

• hepatitis

Renal

• ataxia

• pancreatitis

• glomerulonephritis

• Bell's palsy

Hematologic

• IgA nephropathy

• choreoathetosis

• aplastic anemia

• interstitial nephritis

• encephalitis

• hemolytic anemia

Respiratory

• encephalomyelitis

• hemophagocytosis

• primary atypical pneumonia

• Guillain-Barre- syndrome

• intravascular coagulation

 

• meningoencephalitis

• lymphadenopathy

 

• meningitis

• neutropenia

 

• paralysis

• neutrophilia

 

• polyradiculitis

• septicemia

 

• psychosis

• thrombocytopenia

 
  1. a The primary disease state generated by M. pneumoniae infection is PAP, although many additional clinical manifestations have been reported [2]. Mycoplasmosis due to M. pneumoniae affects numerous organ systems by generating primary lesions in non-respiratory tissues or secondary lesions following presumed hematogenous spread from the respiratory tract, or by contributing to autoimmune-related disorders. Differences in bacterial or host phenotypes that explain the diverse clinical outcomes remain essentially unknown.