CHOREOATHETOTIC MOVEMENT DISORDER IN A BOY WITH MYCOPLASMA-PNEUMONIAEENCEPHALITIS

Authors
BESKIND DL KEIM SM
Citation
Dl. Beskind et Sm. Keim, CHOREOATHETOTIC MOVEMENT DISORDER IN A BOY WITH MYCOPLASMA-PNEUMONIAEENCEPHALITIS, Annals of emergency medicine, 23(6), 1994, pp. 1375-1378
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Annals of emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01960644
Volume
23
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1375 - 1378
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-0644(1994)23:6<1375:CMDIAB>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We present a case of a 10-year-old boy who presented to the emergency department with high fever, acute choreoathetosis, weakness, and dysar thria. An EEG showed generalized slowing, and serologies defined an ac ute case of Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis. This report describes the most common presentations, therapy, and outcomes of M pneumoniae e ncephalitis.