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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1996;39(1):115-119. Published online January 15, 1996.

A Case of Cerebral Infarction Associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection

Young Jae YJ Koh¹, Dong Jun DJ Kim¹, In Joon IJ Seol¹, Ha Baik HB Lee¹, Ki Woong KW Hong²

¹Department of Pediatrics, HanYang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
²Seobu Joong Ang Clinic, Seoul, Korea

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-Barré 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.

Keywords :Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, Cerebral infarction