UNCOMMON PRESENTATION OF MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE: RASH AND MUCOSITIS MANIFESTATION

Azade KANAT, Zehra BEŞTEPE-DURSUN, Esma ERYILMAZ-EREN, İlhami ÇELİK

Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology - 2026;8(3):310-314

Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Kayseri City Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Türkiye

 

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections cause upper and lower respiratory tract infections across all age groups and may also present with extrapulmonary involvement in addition to respiratory tract disease. Mycoplasma pneumoniae-induced rash and mucositis (MIRM) are rare but crucial to recognize. It is characterized by prominent but infrequent vesiculobullous and/or target-like eruptions and mucositis. This case report presents a 30-year-old patient with M. pneumoniae pneumonia who presented with a rash and mucositis, without any comorbidities.