Two fatal cases of meningoencephalitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
Two fatal cases of meningoencephalitis with serological indication of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection are reported. The patients were young boys, 13 and 17 years old. Attention is drawn to the risk of sequelae or of a fatal outcome in patients where this infection is associated with symptoms from the central nervous system.
D000293:Adolescent; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial