Disseminated encephalitis following streptococcal infection.
Various neurological disorders have been related to Streptococcus pyogenes infection. Only recently, and for the first time, it has been suggested that acute disseminated encephalitis may also complicate a streptococcal infection. The case reported in this paper seems to confirm this hypothesis.
Pergami
P
P
Istituto di Neurologia, IRCCS, Fondazione C. Mondino, Università di Pavia, Italy.
Arbustini
E
E
Butti
G
G
Karau
J
J
Aguzzi
A
A
Poloni
T E
TE
Montalbetti
L
L
Egitto
M G
MG
Simonetti
F
F
Savoldi
F
F
Ceroni
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes