Meningoencephalitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Autor: Isabella Batista de Lalibera, Guilherme de Abreu Silveira, Ricardo Katsuya Toma, Jack Yung Kuo, Eduardo Juan Troster
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Einstein (São Paulo), Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 100-102 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2317-6385
Popis: We report a case of a child with meningoencephalitis of atypical etiology. The patient developed the disease after an infection in the upper airways with unfavorable evolution. The clinical recovery was only possible after the administration of adequate antibiotic therapy for the etiological agent. This case report describes a child with meningoencephalitis of atypical etiology. The patient developed the disease after an infection in the superior airways with negative evolution. The clinical recovery was possible only after the introduction of adequate antibiotic therapy for the etiological agent.
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