Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia associated with methemoglobinemia and anemia: An overlooked association

Tawfik Khoury; Ayman Abu Rmeileh; Jonathan David Kornspan; Roy Abel; Meir Mizrahi; Ran Nir-Paz

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofv022

Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia associated with methemoglobinemia and anemia: An overlooked association

Tawfik Khoury
, Ayman Abu Rmeileh
, Jonathan David Kornspan
, Roy Abel
, Meir Mizrahi
, Ran Nir-Paz^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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 oxygen saturation and anemia.

Original language	English
Journal	Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv022
State	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes

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© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Societyof America.

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Hemolytic anemia
Methemoglobinemia
Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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