Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection with Neurologic Complications

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

IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.24, sa.5, ss.647-651, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Dergi Adı: IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.647-651
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Mycoplasma Pneumonia, Transverse Myelitis, Gullain-Barre Syndrome, Encephalitis, NERVOUS-SYSTEM COMPLICATIONS, PEDIATRIC ENCEPHALITIS
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.