title: Increasing values of serum acid phosphatase in a child with Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated hemophagocytic histiocytic syndrome.
abstract: We describe a 3 1/2-year-old boy with disseminated histiocytic disease probably induced by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. In this patient, acid phosphatase was elevated in serum and was also detected histochemically in the infiltrating histiocytes. The serum acid phosphatase levels increased as his histiocytosis progressed, apparently mirroring the activity of the disease. This observation suggests that serum acid phosphatase levels should be evaluated further to determine whether they will be a useful indicator of disease in children with different histiocytosis syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Abrahamsen
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Bentsen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brandtzaeg
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000097:blood*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015616:Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000201:enzymology*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae
chemical_list: D000135:Acid Phosphatase