Open AccessDiagnostic Delay and Amniotic Membrane Transplantation in a Child With Atypical Stevens–Johnson Syndrome
Author(s) -
Kalla A Gervasio,
Albert Y. Wu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1938-2405
pISSN - 0191-3913
DOI - 10.3928/01913913-20150811-01
Subject(s) - medicine , mycoplasma pneumoniae , transplantation , intravenous immunoglobulin therapy , pediatrics , surgery , antibody , immunology , pneumonia
A 4-year-old boy presented with a 6-day history of severe non-limbic-sparing conjunctivitis. Atypical Stevens-Johnson syndrome with a possible cause of Mycoplasma pneumoniae was suspected as the precipitant of the clinical symptoms. The patient recovered with amniotic membrane transplantation and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy despite an initial delay in diagnosis.