Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection may cause striatal lesions leading to acute neurologic dysfunction.
Saitoh
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S
Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Wada
T
T
Narita
M
M
Kohsaka
S
S
Mizukami
S
S
Togashi
T
T
Kajii
N
N
D002230:Carbidopa / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000473:pathology*; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011699:Putamen / Q000473:pathology
D007980:Levodopa; D004917:Erythromycin; D002230:Carbidopa