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KMID : 0882420080750000898
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2008 Volume.75 No. 0 p.898 ~ p.903
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A case of myocarditis and pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Huh Kyung-Rim
Kim Jwa-Kyung
Joo Na-Rae
Kim Je-Yeol
Kim Young-Su
Cho Goo-Yeong
Lee Seung-Soon
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Abstract
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae mainly causes respiratory tract infections in persons 5-20 years of age. Cardiac complications occur in up to 5% of the cases, generally present with pneumonia, and are more common in adults than in children. Since most patients lack symptoms suggestive of cardiac involvement, it is important to identify cardiomegaly or electrocardiographic abnormalities for the diagnosis of cardiac complications. To date, there has been no report on cardiac complications of M. pneumoniae infections in adults in Korea, although there has been one case of pericarditis with a pericardial effusion caused by M. pneumoniae in a young child. We present a case of myocarditis and pneumonia caused by M. pneumoniae in a healthy adult. He was treated successfully with clarithromycin and prednisolone for four weeks. (Korean J Med 75:S898-S903, 2008)
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KEYWORD
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Myocarditis, Pneumonia
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