Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pneumonia Associated With Methemoglobinemia and Anemia: An Overlooked Association?

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 oxyg...

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Autores principales: Khoury, Tawfik, Abu Rmeileh, Ayman, Kornspan, Jonathan David, Abel, Roy, Mizrahi, Meir, Nir-Paz, Ran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4438901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26034771
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv022

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