29/May/2025
Mucocutaneous disease: a child with extrapulmonary manifestation of mycoplasma infection
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2025RC1138
ABSTRACT Mycoplasma-induced rash and mucositis is a distinctive subset of reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption identified in 2015 to differentiate it from other mucocutaneous disorders such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome, erythema multiforme major, and toxic epidermal necrolysis. Although its pathophysiology is not completely understood, Mycoplasma-induced rash and mucositis is characterized by polyclonal B cell proliferation, production of antibodies against Mycoplasma pneumoniae, subsequent immune complex deposition, and keratinocyte apoptosis. Clinical manifestations include scattered cutaneous lesions and severe mucositis, which predominantly affect children and […]
Keywords: Child; Diagnosis, differential; Erythema multiforme; Exantema; Mucositis; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma infections; Mycoplasma pneumoniae