Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae associated stroke in a 3-year-old girl

  • Kim, Gun-Ha (Department of Pediatrics, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Seo, Won Hee (Department of Pediatrics, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Je, Bo-Kyung (Department of Radiology, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Eun, So-Hee (Department of Pediatrics, Korea University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2012.09.14
  • Accepted : 2013.01.15
  • Published : 2013.09.15
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Abstract

Infectious diseases precede a significant proportion of acute ischemic strokes in children. Here, we report a case of acute ischemic stroke in a 3-year-old girl with a Mycoplasma pneumonia-associated respiratory tract infection. She developed an acquired prothrombotic state of protein S deficiency and had increased fibrinogen and fibrinogen degradation product levels and increased titer of antinuclear antibodies. However, these conditions were completely alleviated at the 1-month follow-up examination. Infection with M. pneumoniae may cause a transient prothrombotic state that can potentially cause a thrombus.

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