[Mycoplasma pneumonia affecting the central nervous system].
The authors describe a case of Guillain-Barré syndrome and a case of encephalitis, both with serological proven Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. In the patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a 49 year old male who had neurological sequelae five months after discharge, a throat swab was PCR positive for M pneumonia. The patient with encephalitis was discharged 19 days after admission without sequelae.
Juul
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Medicinsk endokrinologisk afdeling, Aalborg Sygehus, Danmark.
Christiansen
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Thomsen
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Lund
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D000293:Adolescent; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D011379:Prognosis
Mycoplasma pneumonia-infektion med affektion af centralnervesystemet.