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http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2013.56.9.411

Mycoplasma pneumoniae associated stroke in a 3-year-old girl  

Kim, Gun-Ha (Department of Pediatrics, Korea University College of Medicine)
Seo, Won Hee (Department of Pediatrics, Korea University College of Medicine)
Je, Bo-Kyung (Department of Radiology, Korea University College of Medicine)
Eun, So-Hee (Department of Pediatrics, Korea University College of Medicine)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.56, no.9, 2013 , pp. 411-415 More about this Journal
Abstract
Infectious diseases precede a significant proportion of acute ischemic strokes in children. Here, we report a case of acute ischemic stroke in a 3-year-old girl with a Mycoplasma pneumonia-associated respiratory tract infection. She developed an acquired prothrombotic state of protein S deficiency and had increased fibrinogen and fibrinogen degradation product levels and increased titer of antinuclear antibodies. However, these conditions were completely alleviated at the 1-month follow-up examination. Infection with M. pneumoniae may cause a transient prothrombotic state that can potentially cause a thrombus.
Keywords
Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Stroke; Child;
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