Transverse myelitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae: A report of two cases

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-42

  Parisi, A ^a   Filice, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EBV; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFUSION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SUPERINFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PREDNISONE;

EID: 0035066228     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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