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Published on August 24, 2020 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2020.07.8006

Pneumonia and benign acute myositis of childhood due to Mycoplasma pneu-moniae associated with encephalitis: A case report

Neumonía y miositis aguda benigna de la infancia por Mycoplasma pneumoniae asociado a encefalitis: reporte de caso

Noé Atamari-Anahui , Yamali Benites-Cóndor, Maycol Suker Ccorahua-Rios, Marilyn Carmen Rodríguez-Camino, Evelina Andrea Rondón-Abuhadba, Héctor Núñez-Paucar

Abstract

One of the leading causes of pneumonia in children between 5 to 15 years is Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a bacterium that causes atypical clinical manifestations such as myositis and encephalitis. We report a 5-year-old girl who presented functional limitations of the lower extremities preceded by an upper respiratory infection. Later on, she developed pneumonia and encephalitis. Antibiotics and antivirals were administered due to the clinical deterioration of the patient. IgM serology for Mycoplasma pneumoniae was positive, while the other viral studies were negative. The clinical course was favorable with a progressive decrease in respiratory distress, sensorial disorder, and improvement in the functional limitations of the lower limbs after 15 days of treatment.

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Noé Atamari-Anahui

noe.atamari@gmail.com.

Avenida La Fontana 550, La Molina, Lima, Perú

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8283-6669

Yamali Benites-Cóndor

Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño-Breña, Asociación de Médicos Residentes del Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (AMERINSN), Lima, Perú

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0390-0106

Maycol Suker Ccorahua-Rios

Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Escuela Profesional de Medicina Humana, Cusco, Perú

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1843-1629

Marilyn Carmen Rodríguez-Camino

Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Escuela Profesional de Medicina Humana, Cusco, Perú

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3584-9699

Evelina Andrea Rondón-Abuhadba

Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Escuela Profesional de Medicina Humana, Cusco, Perú

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2927-3515

Héctor Núñez-Paucar

Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño – Breña, Servicio de Neumología, Lima, Perú

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3995-2079

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Citation Atamari-Anahui N, Benites-Cóndor Y, Ccorahua-Rios MS, Rodríguez-Camino MC, Rondón-Abuhadba EA, Núñez-Paucar H. Pneumonia and benign acute myositis of childhood due to Mycoplasma pneu-moniae associated with encephalitis: A case report. Medwave 2020;20(07):e8006 doi: 10.5867/medwave.2020.07.8006

Submission date 15/04/2020

Acceptance date 08/08/2020

Publication date 24/08/2020

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micoplasma pneumoniae, myositis, child, pneumonia, encephalitis, peru

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Con revisión por pares externa, por tres árbitros a doble ciego

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