title: [Fever, skin rash and blood bullae of the ears in a middle-aged woman].
abstract: A healthcare worker sought medical advice after four days of fever, muscle pains, occipital headache and blocked ears, and was diagnosed with a high CRP level and blood bullae in the outer ear canal. In addition, skin rash appeared during hospital care, and the fever did not seem to go down upon treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics, during which the CRP rose to a level of 413 mg/L at the highest. Haemorragic bullous otisis was confirmed diagnosis caused by Mycoplasma Pneumoniae.
authors.affiliation: TAYS, sisätautien vastuualue, infektioyksikkö.
authors.forename: Jaana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Syrjänen
authors.forename: Mirja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puolakkainen
authors.forename: Asko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Järvinen
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001768:Blister / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005076:Exanthema; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010031:Otitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002097:C-Reactive Protein