title: [Can meningoencephalitis be caused by Chlamydiae pneumoniae?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Meningoencephalitis attributed to Chlamydiae pneumoniae has rarely been reported in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the case of a 21-year-old-man admitted for a meningeal syndrome and fever associated with respiratory symptoms and a temporal syndrome. Even though the clinical presentation and certain serological results suggested Chlamydiae infection, some of the biological data raised the possibility of Epstein Barr Virus infection. Intravenous fluoroquinolone therapy led to a successful outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Meningoencephalitis associated with non neurological symptoms, especially respiratory symptoms, is suggestive of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. A broad spectrum antibiotic should be prescribed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie et Pathologie du Mouvement, Clinique Neurologique, CHRU, Lille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boschin-Crinquette
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kreisler
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Legout
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Charpentier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Destée
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Defebvre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D023521:Chlamydophila Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*