title: [Neurological complications of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Description of a case of meningitis with clear cerebrospinal fluid].
abstract: Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M.p.) is generally responsible of upper and lower respiratory tract infections in children in school age; in about 2% of cases can be also considered the cause of a NS infection: meningitis, encephalitis, cerebellitis, transverse myelitis and ascending polyradiculitis. The authors describe a case of meningitis following an acute otitis media in a 6 years old child. This patient presented also a fourfold or greater decrease in titer of complement fixing antibodies to M.p. The authors suggest a systematic research of M.p. in patients with clear CSF meningitis.
authors: Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica Università, La Sapienza di Roma, Italia.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Bruni
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Comparcola
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Ferrante
authors: M C
authors: MC
authors: Tozzi
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Tarani
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Smacchia
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Balducci
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Complicanze neurologiche dell'infezione da mycoplasma pneumoniae. Descrizione di un caso di meningite a liquor limpido.