title: Choreoathetotic movement disorder in a boy with Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis.
abstract: We present a case of a 10-year-old boy who presented to the emergency department with high fever, acute choreoathetosis, weakness, and dysarthria. An EEG showed generalized slowing, and serologies defined an acute case of Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis. This report describes the most common presentations, therapy, and outcomes of M pneumoniae encephalitis.
authors.affiliation: Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Beskind
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Keim
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001264:Athetosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D002819:Chorea / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents