Recurrent Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive child

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Nov;27(11):1037-8. doi: 10.1097/inf.0b013e318178276b.

Abstract

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a frequent cause of community-acquired respiratory infections, especially in young children and adolescents. The significance of M. pneumoniae infection in HIV-positive patients, particularly children, is not well described. This report describes an HIV-positive female child with recurrent B-cell lymphoma and recurrent or relapsing pulmonary infections with M. Pneumoniae.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Azithromycin / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / drug therapy
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / drug therapy
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Recurrence
  • Sepsis
  • Zidovudine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Zidovudine
  • Azithromycin
  • Doxycycline