Paradoxical brain embolism induced by Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection with deep venous thrombus

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2003-2005

  Senda, Joe ^a   Ito, Mizuki ^a   Atsuta, Naoki ^a   Watanabe, Hirohisa ^a   Hattori, Naoki ^a   Kawai, Hiromichi ^b   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombus; Hypercoagulability; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Paradoxical brain embolism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CLARITHROMYCIN; COLD AGGLUTININ; D DIMER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MINOCYCLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PROTEIN C; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX; WARFARIN;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMORAL VEIN; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957960592     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3570     Document Type: Article

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