Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common disease in children, and its
aetiological and clinical diagnosis are challenging for physicians in both private practice and …

Mycoplasma pneumoniae‐induced rash and mucositis is the most accurate diagnosis for
patients with blistering mucocutaneous disease provoked by an infection. Recent literature …

Importance The diagnosis ofMycoplasma pneumoniaeinfection as the cause of
mucocutaneous disease is challenging because current diagnostic tests are not able to …

Stevens–Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis are rare severe blistering skin
reactions triggered by medications or infections. Over the last 5 to 10 years, a number of …

Background There are no reliable signs or symptoms that differentiate Mycoplasma
pneumoniae (Mp) infection in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) from other etiologies …

Sauteur and colleagues1 shed light on that question by describing the mucocutaneous
findings of a prospective cohort of children and adolescents with community-acquired …

Antibody-secreting cells (ASC), plasmablasts and plasma cells, are terminally differentiated
B cells responsible for large-scale production and secretion of antibodies. ASC are derived …

Background Since the global use of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Mycoplasma
pneumoniae (MP) has become the most common bacterial cause of lower respiratory tract …

Background Host-response biomarkers to differentiate bacterial from viral etiology in
children with respiratory infections have shown high accuracies, but are understudied in …

Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae), a prevalent respiratory pathogen affecting
children and adolescents, is known to trigger periodic global epidemics. The most recent …