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https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2014.20

Association of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection with Henoch-Schonlein Purpura

P. Yiallouros1, M. Moustaki2,  A. Voutsioti3, F. Sharifi3, Themistocles Karpathios3,*

1Cyprus International Institute for the Environment and Public Health in association with Harvard School Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
23rd Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of  Athens,  Athens, Greece
3Department of Pediatrics,  Athens Medical Center,  Athens, Greece

 We present a  child with Henoch-Schonlein purpura and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, an association that was rarely described in  the literature. The infection was confirmed serologically and by using PCR.

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