title: [Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis].
abstract: Clinical, CT and, in one case, autopsy findings indicated a diagnosis of a severe necrotising encephalitis in two patients. Although usually herpes simplex virus is blamed for this form of encephalitis, it was possible to prove in these two patients that Mycoplasma was the causative agent of the disease. It is concluded that this organism can produce a serious disease in the central nervous system similar to that caused by herpes simplex.
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Mycoplasma-pneumoniae-Enzephalitis.