Neuroinvasion by Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

We report the autopsy findings for a 45-year-old man with polyradiculoneuropathy and fatal acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after having Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia. M. pneumoniae antigens were demonstrated by immunohistochemical analysis of brain tissue, indicating neuroinvasion as an addit...

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Autores principales: Stamm, Bernhard, Moschopulos, Michael, Hungerbuehler, Hansjoerg, Guarner, Jeannette, Genrich, Gillian L., Zaki, Sherif R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
Materias:
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18394283
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1404.061366
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Sumario:We report the autopsy findings for a 45-year-old man with polyradiculoneuropathy and fatal acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after having Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia. M. pneumoniae antigens were demonstrated by immunohistochemical analysis of brain tissue, indicating neuroinvasion as an additional pathogenetic mechanism in central neurologic complications of M. pneumoniae infection.

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