Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection with Neurologic Complications

Yimenicioglu S., Yakut A., Ekici A., ÇARMAN K. B., DİNLEYİCİ E. Ç.

IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.24, no.5, pp.647-651, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 24 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Journal Name: IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.647-651
  • Keywords: Mycoplasma Pneumonia, Transverse Myelitis, Gullain-Barre Syndrome, Encephalitis, NERVOUS-SYSTEM COMPLICATIONS, PEDIATRIC ENCEPHALITIS
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Extrapulmonary complications of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) infection include encephalitis, optic neuritis, acute psychosis, stroke, cranial nerve palsies, aseptic meningitis and also it may be implicated in immune mediated neurological diseases such as acute demyelinating ecncephalomyelitis, Guillian-Barre syndrome and transverse myelitis.