Neurological Complications of PCR-Proven M. pneumoniae Infections in Children: Prodromal Illness Duration May Reflect Pathogenetic Mechanism

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1092-1098

  Al Zaidy, Samiah A ^a,b   Macgregor, Daune ^c   Mahant, Sanjay ^d   Richardson, Susan E ^e   Bitnun, Ari ^f  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d Division of Paediatric Medicine Department of Paediatrics   (United States)

^e Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine ^*  (United States)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

CSF; encephalitis; encephalopathy; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84942097437     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ473     Document Type: Article

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