title: Mycoplasma pneumoniae-Induced Mucocutaneous Rash: A New Syndrome Distinct from Erythema Multiforme? Report of a New Case and Review of the Literature.
abstract: Respiratory tract infection due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae can provoke cutaneous and mucosal rashes, which have been classified within the spectrum of erythema multiforme or Stevens-Johnson syndrome. This classification is of therapeutic and prognostic importance and has generated intense debate in the literature. A recent systematic review of 202 cases of mucocutaneous rashes associated with M. pneumoniae infection concluded that these rashes might constitute a distinct entity, for which the term Mycoplasma-induced rash and mucositis was proposed. We describe a patient with acute M pneumoniae respiratory tract infection who presented mucosal and cutaneous lesions that were difficult to classify as erythema multiforme or Stevens-Johnson syndrome; the lesions were compatible with the proposed new disease.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dermatología y Venereología, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Madrid, España. Electronic address: mrcl_mtnez@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martínez-Pérez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dermatología y Venereología, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Imbernón-Moya
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dermatología y Venereología, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lobato-Berezo
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dermatología y Venereología, Hospital Severo Ochoa, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Churruca-Grijelmo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004892:Erythema Multiforme / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005076:Exanthema / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D052016:Mucositis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma; D013577:Syndrome
keywords: Clasificación clínica; Clinical classification; Eritema multiforme; Erythema multiforme; Exantema; Mucositis; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Rash; Stevens-Johnson syndrome; Síndrome de Stevens-Johnson; Tratamiento; Treatment