[Severe haemolysis caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae].
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is naturally resistant to betalactamase antibiotics but is sensitive to macrolides. Occasionally, infections with M. pneumoniae can lead to severe anaemia due to its ability to cause haemolysis when cold agglutination occurs. Increasing bacterial resistance to macrolid antibiotics is a growing concern worldwide. We present two cases where infection with M. pneumoniae caused severe haemolysis, one of which was macrolide-resistant.
annebohr@hotmail.com.
Anne Lisbeth
AL
Bohr
Thomas Granum
TG
Aagaard
Henrik
H
Birgens
Christian
C
Søborg
D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D018942:Macrolides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D018942:Macrolides