ABSTRACT

Although Mycoplasma (M.) pneumoniae infections are common among school children and young adults, they have been rarely reported in renal transplant recipients. Herein, we report an eight-year-old boy who had M. pneumoniae infection one year after the transplantation and showed liver dysfunction during the course of the disease. In children who underwent renal transplantation and receiving immunosuppressive treatment, we suggest that symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection may precede M. pneumoniae disease with potentially serious extrapulmonary complications.