Skin and Mucous Membrane Eruptions Associated with Chlamydophila Pneumoniae Respiratory Infections: Literature Review.
- De Luigi G Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.
- Zgraggen L Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
- Kottanattu L Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
- Simonetti GD Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.
- Terraneo L Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
- Vanoni F Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
- Terrani I Department of Dermatology Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland.
- Bianchetti MG Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.
- Lava SAG Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, webmaster@sebastianolava.ch.
- Milani GP Pediatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
- 2020-03-31
Published in:
- Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland). - 2020
Child
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Cutaneous vasculitis
Erythema multiforme
Erythema nodosum
Respiratory infection
English
BACKGROUND
Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia is sometimes associated with skin or mucous membrane eruptions. Available reviews do not address the association of Chlamydophila pneumoniae pneumonia with skin eruptions. We therefore conducted a systematic review of the literature addressing this issue. The National Library of Medicine, Excerpta Medica, and Web of Science databases were employed.
SUMMARY
In two reports, skin lesions and especially urticaria were more common (p < 0.05) in atypical pneumonia caused by C. pneumoniae as compared with M. pneumoniae. We found 47 patients (<18 years, n = 16; ≥18 years, n = 31) affected by a C. pneumoniae atypical pneumonia, which was associated with erythema nodosum, erythema multiforme minus, erythema multiforme majus, isolated mucositis, or cutaneous vasculitis. We also found the case of a boy with C. pneumoniae pneumonia and acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis. We did not find any case of C. pneumoniae respiratory infection associated with either Gianotti-Crosti syndrome, pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta Mucha-Habermann, or varicella-like skin eruptions.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia is sometimes associated with skin or mucous membrane eruptions. Available reviews do not address the association of Chlamydophila pneumoniae pneumonia with skin eruptions. We therefore conducted a systematic review of the literature addressing this issue. The National Library of Medicine, Excerpta Medica, and Web of Science databases were employed.
SUMMARY
In two reports, skin lesions and especially urticaria were more common (p < 0.05) in atypical pneumonia caused by C. pneumoniae as compared with M. pneumoniae. We found 47 patients (<18 years, n = 16; ≥18 years, n = 31) affected by a C. pneumoniae atypical pneumonia, which was associated with erythema nodosum, erythema multiforme minus, erythema multiforme majus, isolated mucositis, or cutaneous vasculitis. We also found the case of a boy with C. pneumoniae pneumonia and acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis. We did not find any case of C. pneumoniae respiratory infection associated with either Gianotti-Crosti syndrome, pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta Mucha-Habermann, or varicella-like skin eruptions.
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- DOI 10.1159/000506460
- PMID 32222707
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