Clinical characteristics of severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2018.12.002
- VernacularTitle:重症肺炎支原体脑炎的临床特点
- Author:
Jie HE
1
;
Xinping ZHANG
Author Information
1. 湖南省儿童医院急救中心
- Keywords:
Mycoplasma pneumonia encephalitis;
Macrolides;
Clinical characteristics
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2018;33(12):884-887
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Besides respiratory system,Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection can also cause diseases in other organ systems,and nervous system impairment is the common extrapulmonary complications. Recent years,the morbidity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis is uprising. As the pathogenesis of Mycoplasma pneumonia encephalitis is not clear,so uniform diagnosis standard hasn't been acquired up to now. Its treatment mainly uses macrolides with less na-gative effects on children's body growth,and intravenous immunoglobulin could also be used jointly. The prognosis of Mycoplasma pneumonia encephalitis is related with clinical manifestation,age of onset,imageological change and whe-ther receiving timely treatment or not.
