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Prevalence of skin and mucosal lesions in adults with Mycoplasma pneumonia infection: A cohort study

V. Guyomard, G. Monsel, Ariane Gavaud, K. Faure, S. Valentin, S. Leautez-Nainville, Marine Joly, V. Pourcher et al.

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 2025

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Abstract

study populations, as our cohort exclusively included hospitalized adults, thereby excluding milder cases. It is imperative that clinicians possess the capacity to discern dermatological manifestations of MP infection, which have the potential to manifest in the absence of respiratory involvement. The therapeutic management of erythema multiforme is not yet fully delineated. In particular, the efficacy of systemic corticosteroids requires demonstration in the most severe presentations 10 ; an academic, randomized, controlled trial is ongoing in France (NCT 06266221)

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