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Title: | Encefalomielitis aguda diseminada por Mycoplasma pneumoniae en un niño previamente sano | Other Titles: | Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a previously healthy boy | Authors: | Cadario, María Estela Ellis, Alejandro Garea, Mónica Cairnie, Antonio Mistchenko, Alicia García Roig, Cristian Freire, María Cecilia Savy, Vilma L. Sciarrotta, Juan Antonio |
Keywords: | Biopsia cerebral;Encefalomielitis Aguda Diseminada;Mycoplasma pneumoniae | Issue Date: | 2019 | Journal: | Revista Argentina de microbiologia | Abstract: | We present here the case of a previously healthy 5 year-old boy hospitalized in an intensive care unit due to tonic-clonic seizures focused on the face and right side of the body, and axillary temperature of 37.4°C. Common bacterial and viral etiology was ruled out through studies of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples. Mycoplasma pneumoniae was suspected by a positive immunofluorescence serum test for IgM class antibodies. Finally, with a brain biopsy, M. pneumoniae was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis by pathological anatomy. The patient was treated with clarithromycin and had an uneventful evolution. At least to our knowledge, this is the first case in which M. pneumoniae DNA was detected by PCR in a brain biopsy. |
Description: | Fil: Cadario, María Estela. ANLIS Dr. C. G. Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas (INEI); Argentina. Fil: Ellis, Alejandro. Sanatorio Mater Dei. Servicio de pediatría; Argentina. Fil: Garea, Mónica. Sanatorio Mater Dei. Servicio de pediatría; Argentina. Fil: Cairnie, Antonio. Sanatorio Mater Dei. Servicio de pediatría; Argentina. Fil: Mistchenko, Alicia. Hospital de niños "Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez". Servicio de virología; Argentina. Fil: García Roig, Cristian. Sanatorio Mater Dei. Servicio de pediatría; Argentina. Fil: Freire, María Cecilia. ANLIS Dr. C. G. Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas (INEI); Argentina. Fil: Savy, Vilma. ANLIS Dr. C. G. Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas (INEI); Argentina. Fil: Sciarrotta, Juan Antonio. Sanatorio Mater Dei. Servicio de pediatría; Argentina. |
URI: | http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/1367 | ISSN: | 0325-7541 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.ram.2018.06.003 | Rights: | Open access Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License |
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