Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in an adolescent

Infection

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 240-242

  Riedel, K ^a,b   Kempf, V A J ^a   Bechtold, A ^c   Klimmer, M ^c  

^a City Hospital Munich Harlaching   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c City Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM); Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTRAGLOBIN; MANNITOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034889513     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-001-1173-z     Document Type: Article

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