Schizophreniform psychosis in a case of mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis.
A case of a 9-year-old girl with subacute schizophreniform psychosis following infection with mycoplasma pneumoniae is reported. A hasty--and faulty--etiological diagnosis of disturbed family interaction caused additional suffering in a situation in which worries were already overwhelming. A meticulous search for underlying organic background as well as for psychosocial factors is called for in every case of atypical schizophreniform psychosis.
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*