A case of Mycoplasma pneumonia as initial symptom of polyarthralgia with heart murmur

Norifumi Sugo, Yoshihito Kogure, Hideo Saka

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Abstract

A 53-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with pyrexia and Polyarthralgie. Chest X-ray showed infilitration at the bilateral lower lung field. The patient had polyarthralgia, left chest pain and pansystolic heart murmur(Levine III). As the anti-Mycoplasma antibody was ¬positive, the therapy of moxifloxacin was started for Mycoplasma pneumonia. Afterwards, arthralgia worsened and we suspected drug-induced arthralgia, so we changed the medication to azithromycin. However, shadows on chest X-ray and arthralgia were not improved. Chest pain and pleural effusions were worsening. After changing the medication again to minocycline and pazufloxacin, pneumonia was improved and she was discharged.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1079-1082
Number of pages4
JournalRespiration and Circulation
Volume57
Issue number10
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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