Meningitis and intracranial abscess due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a B cell-depleted patient with multiple sclerosis.

Autor: Madžar, Dominik, Nickel, Florian T., Rothhammer, Veit, Goelitz, Philipp, Geißdörfer, Walter, Dumke, Roger, Lang, Roland
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Zdroj: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases; Nov2024, Vol. 43 Issue 11, p2227-2231, 5p
Abstrakt: Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a frequent respiratory pathogen, can cause neurological disease manifestations. We here present a case of M. pneumoniae as cause of meningitis and occurrence of an intracranial abscess as a complication of mastoiditis with septic cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in a patient with multiple sclerosis on anti-CD20 therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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