Erythema Nodosum and Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Childhood: Further Observations in Two Patients and a Literature Review

Erythema nodosum (EN) is the most frequent panniculitis in childhood and has been associated with various conditions, such as infectious and autoimmune disorders, medications, and malignancies. The author reports on two children affected with EN associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, which...

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Autores principales: Greco, Filippo, Catania, Roberta, Pira, Alice Le, Saporito, Marco, Scalora, Luisa, Aguglia, Maria Giovanna, Smilari, Pierluigi, Sorge, Giovanni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25699127
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr2011w
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author Greco, Filippo
Catania, Roberta
Pira, Alice Le
Saporito, Marco
Scalora, Luisa
Aguglia, Maria Giovanna
Smilari, Pierluigi
Sorge, Giovanni
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Catania, Roberta
Pira, Alice Le
Saporito, Marco
Scalora, Luisa
Aguglia, Maria Giovanna
Smilari, Pierluigi
Sorge, Giovanni
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description Erythema nodosum (EN) is the most frequent panniculitis in childhood and has been associated with various conditions, such as infectious and autoimmune disorders, medications, and malignancies. The author reports on two children affected with EN associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, which occurred in one patient without pulmonary detection. The available literature on EN and M. pneumoniae infection in childhood is also reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-43300232015-02-19 Erythema Nodosum and Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Childhood: Further Observations in Two Patients and a Literature Review Greco, Filippo Catania, Roberta Pira, Alice Le Saporito, Marco Scalora, Luisa Aguglia, Maria Giovanna Smilari, Pierluigi Sorge, Giovanni J Clin Med Res Case Report Erythema nodosum (EN) is the most frequent panniculitis in childhood and has been associated with various conditions, such as infectious and autoimmune disorders, medications, and malignancies. The author reports on two children affected with EN associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, which occurred in one patient without pulmonary detection. The available literature on EN and M. pneumoniae infection in childhood is also reviewed. Elmer Press 2015-04 2015-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4330023/ /pubmed/25699127 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr2011w Text en Copyright 2015, Greco et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Greco, Filippo
Catania, Roberta
Pira, Alice Le
Saporito, Marco
Scalora, Luisa
Aguglia, Maria Giovanna
Smilari, Pierluigi
Sorge, Giovanni
Erythema Nodosum and Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Childhood: Further Observations in Two Patients and a Literature Review
title Erythema Nodosum and Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Childhood: Further Observations in Two Patients and a Literature Review
title_full Erythema Nodosum and Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Childhood: Further Observations in Two Patients and a Literature Review
title_fullStr Erythema Nodosum and Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Childhood: Further Observations in Two Patients and a Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Erythema Nodosum and Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Childhood: Further Observations in Two Patients and a Literature Review
title_short Erythema Nodosum and Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Childhood: Further Observations in Two Patients and a Literature Review
title_sort erythema nodosum and mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in childhood: further observations in two patients and a literature review
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25699127
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr2011w
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