title: Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated cerebral infarction in a child.
abstract: The central nervous system's involvement is the most common reported extra-pulmonary manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, and stroke was one of the most special situations. We presented a 4-year-old child who presented with acute stroke on the third day of the onset of Mycoplasma respiratory tract infection. Brain magnetic resonance angiography demonstrated that occlusion of bilateral internal carotid arteries and vertebral arteries above the level of the first cervical vertebrate which is not been reported previously.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatrics, Chia-Yi Veterans Hospital, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chun-Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yuan-Yuan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Fang-Liang
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Fang-Ching
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Po-Yen
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed