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: Zafer Kurugol, Serife Sebnem Onen, Guldane Koturoglu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/649850
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