Fatal encephalitis caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae diagnosed by the polymerase chain reaction

Clin Infect Dis. 1998 Dec;27(6):1552-3. doi: 10.1086/517753.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Encephalitis / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Encephalitis / microbiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae* / genetics
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae* / isolation & purification
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / microbiology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction