title: Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, meningoencephalitis, and hemophagocytosis.
abstract: Central nervous system manifestations are a common extrapulmonary complication of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, of which encephalitis is a well-recognized abnormality in children. In this report the first description of M. pneumoniae infection simultaneously complicated by meningoencephalitis and hemophagocytosis is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Bruch
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Jefferson
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pike
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Squier
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D015616:Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology