Cranial neuropathy, myeloradiculopathy, and myositis: complications of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
Arch Neurol, 1979/8;36(8):476-7.
PMID: 116630
Abstract
Polymyositis, transverse myelitis, ascending polyneuritis, bilateral optic neuritis, and hearing loss developed in a patient with high complement-fixing antibody titers to Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Each of her three children had primary atypical pneumonia with isolation of the organism. The neurologic disturbance is thought to represent a postinfectious complication of M pneumoniae infection.
MeSH terms
Adult; Brain Diseases; Female; Humans; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Myositis; Nervous System Diseases; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma; Spinal Cord Diseases
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