Elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels in patients with serologically verified Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia
| Autor: | R. Gattringer, C. Bauer, Stefan Mustafa, Ojan Assadian, Florian Daxboeck |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male ALT levels medicine.medical_specialty Mycoplasma pneumoniae community-acquired pneumonia Adolescent Mycoplasmataceae medicine.disease_cause Gastroenterology Liver disease Community-acquired pneumonia Internal medicine Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumonia Mycoplasma medicine Humans Aged biology Respiratory disease Alanine Transaminase General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Antibodies Bacterial respiratory tract diseases Pneumonia Infectious Diseases Liver Immunology Alanine aminotransferase Mollicutes Female liver involvement |
| Zdroj: | Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 11(6) |
| ISSN: | 1198-743X |
| Popis: | The possibility of liver involvement in Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia is still controversial. This study investigated 33 adult patients with serologically confirmed M. pneumoniae community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) (median age 31 years) and 38 patients with bacteraemic Streptococcus pneumoniae CAP (median age 54 years), all without pre-existing liver disease. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels were elevated in 12 (36.4%) patients with M. pneumoniae CAP (median 53.5 U/L), and in four (10.5%) patients with S. pneumoniae CAP (median 61 U/L) (p 0.025). In most patients with M. pneumoniae CAP, the elevated ALT levels decreased during macrolide therapy, although this decrease was not significant. |
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