Acute hepatitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection without lung involvement in adult patients.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae has been associated with cholestatic hepatitis in children, while in adults, the lack of liver involvement has been considered as a typical feature of M. pneumoniae infection. Controversial data have been reported about the possibility of liver involvement with M. pneumoniae community-acquired pneumonia. We present two cases of acute hepatitis associated with M. pneumoniae infection without lung involvement.
Digestive Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Ctra Cádiz s/n 41014, Sevilla, Spain. mromerog@supercable.es
Manuel
M
Romero-Gómez
M A Angeles
MA
Otero
Diego
D
Sánchez-Muñoz
Mercedes
M
Ramírez-Arcos
José L
JL
Larraona
Emilio
E
Suárez García
Julio
J
Vargas-Romero
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology