Severe childhood Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: A case series

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 72-78

  Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M ^a,b   Roodbol, Joyce ^a,c   Hackenberg, Annette ^b   De Wit, Marie Claire Y ^c   Vink, Cornelis ^a,d   Berger, Christoph ^b   Jacobs, Enno ^e   Van Rossum, Annemarie M C ^a   Jacobs, Bart C ^a,c  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

acute onset chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; Bickerstaff brain stem encephalitis; central nervous system infection; children; Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATAXIA; CASE STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCHAL RIGIDITY; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNSTEADY GAIT; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; FATALITY; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 84939806970     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jns.12121     Document Type: Article

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