Fatal encephalitis caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a 9-year-old girl

Jeroen H.T. Tjhie; Elise M. Van De Putte; Krijn Haasnoot; Adriaan J.C. Van Den Brule; Christina M.J.E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls

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Fatal encephalitis caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a 9-year-old girl

Jeroen H.T. Tjhie^*
, Elise M. Van De Putte
, Krijn Haasnoot
, Adriaan J.C. Van Den Brule
, Christina M.J.E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls

^*Corresponding author for this work

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A case of fatal encephalitis in a 9-year-old girl is described. Serology showed high titre antibodies against Mycoplasma pneumoniae. In addition M. pneumoniae was detected in cerebrospinal fluid by polymerase chain reaction. Direct invasion of the central nervous system as opposed to a secondary immunologic reaction to a M. pneumoniae infection of the respiratory tract in the pathogenesis of encephalitis is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	424-425
Number of pages	2
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	29
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/00365549709011844
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1997

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