title: Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection may cause striatal lesions leading to acute neurologic dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohsaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizukami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Togashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kajii
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007980:Levodopa; D004917:Erythromycin; D002230:Carbidopa