title: [Extra-pulmonary complications in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections].
abstract: It is not rare that extrapulmonary complications and not pneumonia dominate the clinical picture in infections with Mycoplasma pneumoniae, as is illustrated by three cases. In the first, a young woman developed an acute, but ultimately completely reversible, polyradiculitis after a Mycoplasma pneumonia. The second patient sustained a thoracic transverse myelitis which regressed rapidly and completely under treatment with erythromycin and prednisone. In the third one, the Mycoplasma pneumonia was complicated by a generalized hypersensitivity vasculitis affecting many organs. A largely reversible renal vasculitis was demonstrated angiographically.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003422:Critical Care; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D011241:Prednisone
vernacular_title: Extrapulmonale Komplikationen der Mycoplasma-pneumoniae-Infektion.