[Mycoplasma pneumoniae myopericarditis in children].
Mycoplasma pneumoniae myocarditis is a rare condition, potentially very serious and seldom described in children. It is classically attributed to direct invasion or to an indirect immunological mechanism. The authors report the case of a 10 year old boy with myopericarditis, proved by authentic seroconversion, complicating congenital mitro-aortic valvular disease. In this case, the spectacular response to steroid therapy was in favour of an indirect immunological causal mechanism of the left ventricular dysfunction and pericardial involvement.
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Service de cardiologie pédiatrique, hôpital Necker-Enfants malades, Paris.
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D002648:Child; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D005938:Glucocorticoids