Current Mycoplasma pneumoniae outbreak: Don't forget its role in Bickerstaff encephalitis.
Bickerstaff encephalitis
Immunomodulators
Macrolide resistance
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Journal
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
ISSN: 1879-0070
Titre abrégé: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8305899
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 Jun 2024
28 Jun 2024
Historique:
received:
24
04
2024
revised:
26
06
2024
accepted:
27
06
2024
medline:
3
7
2024
pubmed:
3
7
2024
entrez:
2
7
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in children and young adults. It is responsible of a broad array of extrapulmonary manifestations, the most severe affecting the central nervous system. We report a challenging diagnosis of macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae-induced Bickerstaff encephalitis in a 16-year-old man.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38954862
pii: S0732-8893(24)00244-X
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116418
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
116418Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.