A Case of Cerebral Infarction Associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection

Mycolasma pneumoniae 감염에 의한 뇌경색증 1례

  • Ahn, Young Joon (Department of Pediatrics, Chosun University College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Ki Cheol (Department of Pediatrics, Chosun University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yang, Eun Seok (Department of Pediatrics, Chosun University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Yeong-Bong (Department of Pediatrics, Chosun University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Sang-Gi (Department of Pediatrics, Chosun University College of Medicine) ;
  • Moon, Kyung Rye (Department of Pediatrics, Chosun University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Young Sook (Department of Diagnostic Radiologist, Chosun University College of Medicine)
  • 안영준 (조선대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 최기철 (조선대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 양은석 (조선대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 박영봉 (조선대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 박상기 (조선대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 문경래 (조선대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 김영숙 (조선대학교 의과대학 방사선과학교실)
  • Published : 1998.11.20

Abstract

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is usually confined to the respiratory tract but it can cause a variety of extrapulmonary manifestations such as rashes, myalgia, hemolytic anemia, cerebral infarction, transverse myelitis, cerebellar ataxia, Guillain-Barre syndrome and meningoencephalitis. Neurologic complications of Mycoplasma pneumonia have been rarely reported until now. Cerebral infarction as a complication of mycoplasma infection in children has been very rarely reported. In our case, in a young girl with M. pneumoniae infection, a cerebral infarct resulted in persistent and significant neurological dysfunction. We report a 11-year-old girl with cerebral infarction associated with clinical and serologic evidence of Mycoplasma infection.

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