Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections of adults and children.
Although the hallmark of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is pneumonia, the organism is also responsible for a protean array of other symptoms. With an increased awareness of the board clinical spectrum of M. pneumoniae disease and the ready availability of the cold agglutinin and M. pneumoniae complement-fixation tests, interested clinicians will note additional clinical-mycoplasmal associations in their patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000209:etiology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology; D011002:Pleuropneumonia, Contagious / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology; D012877:Skin Manifestations