Severe Hemolytic Anemia Associated with Mild Pneumonia Caused by Mycoplasma pneumonia

We report a case of M. pneumoniae infection presenting with severe hemolytic anemia in a 4-year-old girl, with a ten-day history of paleness, weakness, and nonproductive cough. She was very pale and tachycardic. However, she was not tachypneic. Chest examination showed normal breath sounds. No rhonc...

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Main Authors: Kurugol, Zafer, Onen, Serife Sebnem, Koturoglu, Guldane
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3461758/