Open Access Case Report
Journal of Dermatology Research
Chen HH | Volume 1; Issue 3 (2020) | JDR-1(3)-013 | Case Report
Citation: Chen HH. An Unusual Skin Manifestation by Mycoplasma Pneumoniae without Pulmonary
Infection. J Dermatol Res. 2020;1(3):1-5.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46889/JDR.2020.1303
An Unusual Skin Manifestation by Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
without Pulmonary Infection
Hsuan-Hsiang Chen
1*
1
Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of
Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
*Corresponding Author: Hsuan-Hsiang Chen, MD, Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University
Hospital, 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan; E-mail: beauty101@gmail.com
Received Date: 15-10-2020; Accepted Date: 05-11-2020; Published Date: 13-11-2020
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Abstract
Pulmonary infections are often caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. However, extra
pulmonary manifestations are also reported. Mycoplasma pneumonia associated severe
mucositis with relative few skin rash has recently been described as a new clinical disease
named Mycoplasma Pneumoniae-Induced Rash and Mucositis (MIRM). A 14-year-old girl
who developed exuberant mucositis, as well as multiple tense bullae and several targetoid
lesions were found on the face, trunk and 4 limbs, but no obvious pulmonary manifestation
was found. The laboratory examinations showed elevated M. pneumoniae IgM antibodies. Due
to this unique clinical presentation, MIRM was considered and differentiated from Toxic
Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN), Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), or Erythema Multiforme
(EM). MIRM may be reconsidered as a specific cutaneous manifestation with or without
pulmonary infection.
Keywords
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae; Mucositis; Erythema Multiforme