Transverse myelitis associated with mycoplasma pneumoniae: case report.
Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) is a disorder of the spinal region of the central nervous system. In the present case, the clinical course showed ATM associated with mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) and little recovery; the girl was left with a flaccid paraplegia, and thus differed from other cases in the literature which all reported complete or near-complete recovery.
Heller
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L
Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Raanana.
Keren
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O
Mendelson
L
L
Davidoff
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G
D000293:Adolescent; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology*; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial