Mycoplasma infection in the immunosuppressed leukemic patient.
A case of severe Mycoplasma sp pneumonia possibly potentiated by methotrexate occurred in a 7-year-old child with leukemia in remission. The case typifies the diagnostic dilemma that frequently occurs in the immunosuppressed host, namely an extensive bilateral pulmonary opacification that can have many causes.
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000209:etiology*
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents