Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis developed after Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection complicating subclinical measles infection

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 479-483

  Hagiwara, Hiroshi ^a   Sakamoto, Shizuki ^a   Katsumata, Toshiya ^a   Katayama, Yasuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Measles; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MINOCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DYSARTHRIA; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASMAPHERESIS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650084342     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1740     Document Type: Article

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