Key result
Treatment with azithromycin resulted in uneventful recovery in a 45-year-old man with acute myopericarditis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
Population
45-year-old Korean man with acute myopericarditis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection (n=1)
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May support Mycoplasma testing in myopericarditis; leaves open need for prospective macrolide studies.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Mycoplasma pneumoniae should be considered as a potential etiology for acute myopericarditis in adults, which responds well to macrolide therapy.
Jin et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Acute myopericarditis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae (n=1). Azithromycin was evaluated on Symptom and laboratory finding improvement. Treatment with azithromycin resulted in uneventful recovery in a 45-year-old man with acute myopericarditis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
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