Neurological symptoms in patients whose cerebrospinal fluid is culture- and/or polymerase chain reaction-positive for Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Jan 15;32(2):E31-5. doi: 10.1086/318446. Epub 2000 Dec 20.

Abstract

We describe 13 patients with neurological signs and symptoms associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. M. pneumoniae was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 9 patients: 5 with meningoencephalitis, 2 with meningitis, and 1 with cerebrovascular infarction. One patient had headache and difficulties with concentration and thinking for 1 month after the acute infection. M. pneumoniae was detected, by means of PCR, in the CSF of 4 patients with negative culture results. Two had epileptic seizures, 1 had blurred vision as a consequence of edema of the optic disk, and 1 had peripheral nerve neuropathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • Cerebral Infarction / microbiology
  • Child
  • DNA, Viral / analysis
  • Epilepsy / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Meningoencephalitis / microbiology
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Nervous System Diseases / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Nervous System Diseases / microbiology*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / microbiology
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / complications*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • DNA, Viral