Cranial neuropathy, myeloradiculopathy, and myositis: complications of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
Polymyositis, transverse myelitis, ascending polyneuritis, bilateral optic neuritis, and hearing loss developed in a patient with high complement-fixing antibody titers to Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Each of her three children had primary atypical pneumonia with isolation of the organism. The neurologic disturbance is thought to represent a postinfectious complication of M pneumoniae infection.
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009220:Myositis / Q000209:etiology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology