Dual infection: dengue hemorrhagic fever with unusual manifestations and mycoplasma pneumonia in a child.
We report a case of pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae in an 8-year-old Thai girl. She had a dual infection with dengue hemorrhagic fever with unusual manifestations; liver failure. The diagnoses were based on relevant clinical findings and laboratory confirmations of both infections.
Likitnukul
Sasithorn
S
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand.
Prapphal
Nuanchan
N
Pongpunlert
Wiroje
W
Kingwatanakul
Pornchai
P
Poovorawan
Yong
Y
D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D019595:Severe Dengue / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013785:Thailand