title: Mycoplasma pneumonia Infection: A Possible Trigger for Immune Thrombocytopenia.
abstract: Mycoplasma pneumonia (M. pneumonia) is usually not considered among the several pathogens that induce immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). We report a child with a clinical diagnosis of severe ITP that was associated with M. pneumonia pneumonia, and review the few cases described in the English literature. We suggest that thrombocytopenia associated with M. pneumonia infection may constitute a subset of ITP, although unlike ITP it occurs concomitantly with the infection and tends to be more severe than "classic" ITP. We recommend that prompt specific antibiotic and immune modulating treatment should be initiated in appropriate clinical settings.
authors.forename: Shraga
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aviner
authors.forename: Hagit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miskin
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: London
authors.forename: Shulamith
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horowitz
authors.forename: Menachem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlesinger