Mycoplasma pneumoniae associated stroke in a 3-year-old girl.
Infectious diseases precede a significant proportion of acute ischemic strokes in children. Here, we report a case of acute ischemic stroke in a 3-year-old girl with a Mycoplasma pneumonia-associated respiratory tract infection. She developed an acquired prothrombotic state of protein S deficiency and had increased fibrinogen and fibrinogen degradation product levels and increased titer of antinuclear antibodies. However, these conditions were completely alleviated at the 1-month follow-up examination. Infection with M. pneumoniae may cause a transient prothrombotic state that can potentially cause a thrombus.
Department of Pediatrics, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Gun-Ha
GH
Kim
Won Hee
WH
Seo
Bo-Kyung
BK
Je
So-Hee
SH
Eun
Child; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Stroke