Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, meningoencephalitis, and hemophagocytosis.
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.
Bruch
L A
LA
Department of Neuropathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Jefferson
R J
RJ
Pike
M G
MG
Gould
S J
SJ
Squier
W
W
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