title: Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia Associated With Methemoglobinemia and Anemia: An Overlooked Association?
abstract: We report a case of acute methemoglobinemia and anemia in a patient with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia. We suggest that M. pneumoniae secretes a putative protein that can induce methemoglobin in red blood cells. Thus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae may induce methemoglobinemia in patients who have low oxygen saturation and anemia.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Internal Medicine.
authors.forename: Tawfik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Khoury
authors.affiliation: Departments of Internal Medicine.
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abu Rmeileh
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics , Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School , Jerusalem , Israel.
authors.forename: Jonathan David
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kornspan
authors.affiliation: Departments of Internal Medicine.
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abel
authors.affiliation: Departments of Internal Medicine.
authors.forename: Meir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizrahi
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases , Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center.
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nir-Paz
keywords: Mycoplasma pneumoniae; hemolytic anemia; methemoglobinemia