Cold agglutinin disease following SARS-CoV-2 and Mycoplasma pneumoniae co-infections

Chatphatai Moonla; Phandee Watanaboonyongcharoen; Gompol Suwanpimolkul; Leilani Paitoonpong; Watsamon Jantarabenjakul; Chantiya Chanswangphuwana; Chantana Polprasert; Ponlapat Rojnuckarin; Opass Putcharoen

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3152

Cold agglutinin disease following SARS-CoV-2 and Mycoplasma pneumoniae co-infections

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Jul 20;8(12):2402-2405. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3152. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Chatphatai Moonla^{1

2}, Phandee Watanaboonyongcharoen^{2

3}, Gompol Suwanpimolkul^{1

4}, Leilani Paitoonpong^{1

4}, Watsamon Jantarabenjakul^{4

5}, Chantiya Chanswangphuwana^{1

2}, Chantana Polprasert^{1

2}, Ponlapat Rojnuckarin^{1

2}, Opass Putcharoen^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Thai Red Cross Society Bangkok Thailand.
² Research Unit in Translational Hematology Department of Medicine King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Thai Red Cross Society Bangkok Thailand.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Thai Red Cross Society Bangkok Thailand.
⁴ Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases Clinical Center King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Thai Red Cross Society Bangkok Thailand.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Thai Red Cross Society Bangkok Thailand.

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory co-infections may occur. As Mycoplasma pneumoniae and various viruses can cause cold agglutinin disease (CAD), the presence of CAD in COVID-19 patients should indicate the need of investigations for those pathogens.

Keywords: COVID‐19; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; SARS‐CoV‐2; cold agglutinin disease; hemolytic anemia.

Publication types

Case Reports