Mycoplasma pneumoniae intrathecal antibody responses in bickerstaff brain stem encephalitis

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-63

  Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M ^a   Relly, Christa ^a   Hackenberg, Annette ^a   Stahr, Nikolai ^a   Berger, Christoph ^a   Bloemberg, Guido V ^b   Jacobs, Enno ^c   Nadal, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bickerstaff brain stem encephalitis; cerebrospinal fluid; encephalitis; intrathecal antibody synthesis; Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BICKERSTAFF BRAIN STEM ENCEPHALITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 84893657461     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: 14391899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1348150     Document Type: Article

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