[Mycoplasma pneumoniae meningoencephalitis].
BACKGROUND
Severe central nervous system diseases, such as encephalitis, have been reported in association with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections.


METHODS
After an ENT infection, a 9-year-old boy with Down's syndrome developed encephalitis revealed by an acute alteration in consciousness. Head computed tomography showed, after 2 weeks, an infiltration in the basal ganglia region. The diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis was made; recovery was complete in a few weeks.


CONCLUSIONS
Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection should be considered in all cases of acute encephalopathy; yet the pathogenesis of the disorder is unknown and the treatment uncertain.
Cambonie
G
G
Service de réanimation néonatale et pédiatrique, CHU de Montpellier, France.
Sarran
N
N
Leboucq
N
N
Luc
F
F
Bongrand
A F
AF
Slim
G
G
Lassus
P
P
Fournier-Favre
S
S
Montoya
F
F
Astruc
J
J
Rieu
D
D
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D003128:Coma / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed