A case report: exudative retinal detachment secondary to combined infection of H1N1 influenza and Mycoplasma
Min Wu, Wenzhi Yang, Dan He, Zhuo Lang, Aoxue Yan, Geeta Menon, Gauri Narendran · 2026
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Min Wu and colleagues report a 2026 case of eye damage in a seven-year-old boy infected with both H1N1 influenza and Mycoplasma at the same time. Both germs commonly cause pneumonia, yet eye complications are rare. The boy already lived with an inherited retinal splitting condition diagnosed at age three.
He arrived with one day of painless vision loss in the right eye. Examination found fluid-driven retinal detachment in that eye and very high pressure in both eyes, alongside short eyeball length and lens-related changes. Treatment against the virus and the Mycoplasma resolved the detachment and brought eye pressure under control. The authors warn clinicians to consider this combined infection when similar eye findings appear, especially in children with short eyes.
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| CREATOR | Min Wu, Wenzhi Yang, Dan He, Zhuo Lang, Aoxue Yan, Geeta Menon, Gauri Narendran |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17392 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |