Bilateral periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges in Mycoplasma encephalitis.
Status epilepticus and prolonged coma developed in two patients with respiratory tract infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Serial electroencephalography initially revealed bilateral, independent, periodic, lateralized epileptiform discharges. This pattern was replaced several days later by other electroencephalographic abnormalities.
Hulihan
J F
JF
Section of Electroencephalography, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
Bebin
E M
EM
Westmoreland
B F
BF
D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*