title: Mycoplasma-associated carditis. Case reports and review.
abstract: We present 2 cases and examine the developments that occurred in diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of 19 additional patients with mycoplasmal peri- and myocarditis. The mean age of this group was 33 years. The final diagnoses were pericarditis (n = 15), myocarditis (n = 5), and myopericarditis (n = 1); pulmonary involvement was noted in 13 patients. Serology established the diagnosis in 12 cases, and isolation in 9 others. In contrast to previous reviews, an echocardiogram was carried out in all patients, thus enabling pericardiocentesis in 13 patients. Antibiotics were given to 19 patients, including 4 who received a newer macrolide. Three patients were left with long-term sequelae, and 1 patient died. The outcome of Mycoplasma carditis has improved over the years, although a minority of patients may suffer long-term sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Alona
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paz
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Potasman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D017291:Clarithromycin; D011241:Prednisone