Meningoencephalitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae
We report a case of a child with meningoencephalitis of atypical etiology. The patient developed the disease after an infection in the upper airways with unfavorable evolution. The clinical recovery was only possible after the administration of adequate antibiotic therapy for the etiological agent....
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/6996 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082012000100021 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/6996 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mycoplasma pneumoniae Meningoencephalitis Diagnosis, differential Case reports Meningoencefalite Diagnóstico diferencial Relatos de casos |
| Sumario: | We report a case of a child with meningoencephalitis of atypical etiology. The patient developed the disease after an infection in the upper airways with unfavorable evolution. The clinical recovery was only possible after the administration of adequate antibiotic therapy for the etiological agent. This case report describes a child with meningoencephalitis of atypical etiology. The patient developed the disease after an infection in the superior airways with negative evolution. The clinical recovery was possible only after the introduction of adequate antibiotic therapy for the etiological agent. |
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