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Pediatric Encephalitis: What Is the Role of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
Pediatrics 120:305-313, Christie,L.J., et al, 2007
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Article Abstract
M. pneumoniae is the most common agent implicated in the California Encephalitis Project. Patients with M. pneumoniae-associated encephalitis are predominantly pediatric, and their presentations are clinically similar to enterovirus encephalitis, although they frequently require intensive care with prolonged hospitalizations. Given that M. pneumoniae infection is found more than any other pathogen, increased emphasis should be placed on elucidating the role and mechanism of M. pneumoniae in encephalitis.
 
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