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The Focal Encephalopathies Associated with Mycoplasma Pneumoniae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

D. Sheth Raj ,
J. Goulden Keith  and
E. Pryse-phillips William
D. Sheth Raj*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Pediatrics and Neurology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland
J. Goulden Keith*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Pediatrics and Neurology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland
*
Dept. of Neurology and Pediatrics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506–9180 USA
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Five patients with evidence of focal encephalopathy are reported. In each case, evidence of mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was detected. No patient improved with conventional antibiotic therapy, but in three subjects, rapid and complete recovery did occur contemporaneously with the administration of high dose steroid therapy. It is suggested that focal as well as diffuse cerebral or cerebellar lesions may occur as manifestations of auto-immune disease complicating mycoplasmal infections in young people and that this illness may be designated as acute mycoplasma-associated encephalopathy.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , November 1993 , pp. 319 - 323
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1993

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