Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society  1996;39(1):115-119

A Case of Cerebral Infarction Associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection.

Young Jae KOH 1 ; Dong Jun KIM ; In Joon SEOL ; Ha Baik LEE ; Ki Woong HONG

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Keywords

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection; Cerebral infarction

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Mycoplasma pneumoniae has been shown to be of etiologic importance in cases of upper-and lower-respiratory tract infections, especially in children and young adults. It may cause a variety of extrapulmonary manifestations in multiple organ systems, most commonly the central nervous system. The extrapulmonary syndromes include meningitis, cerebral infarction, acute transverse myelitis, psychosis, cerebellar ataxia, Guillain-Barr syndrome and Reye syndrome. Cerebral infarction as a complication of mycoplasma infection in children has been rarely reported. We report the first documented case in Korea of cerebral infarction preceded by M. pneumoniae pneumonia in a 7-year-old boy, with a brief review of literatures.