title: [Mycoplasma pneumoniae meningoencephalitis].
abstract: 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.
authors: Service de réanimation néonatale et pédiatrique, CHU de Montpellier, France.
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authors: Cambonie
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authors: Sarran
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authors: Leboucq
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authors: Bongrand
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authors: Lassus
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authors: Fournier-Favre
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mesh_terms: 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