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

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 424-425

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

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030690573     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709011844     Document Type: Article

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