TY - JOUR AU - Stamm, Bernhard AU - Moschopulos, Michael AU - Hungerbuehler, Hansjoerg AU - Guarner, Jeannette AU - Genrich, Gillian L. AU - Zaki, Sherif R. T1 - Neuroinvasion by Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 4 SP - 641 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report the autopsy findings for a 45-year-old man with polyradiculoneuropathy and fatal acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after having Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia. M. pneumoniae antigens were demonstrated by immunohistochemical analysis of brain tissue, indicating neuroinvasion as an additional pathogenetic mechanism in central neurologic complications of M. pneumoniae infection. KW - Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalomyelitis acute disseminated KW - leukoencephalitis KW - acute hemorrhagic KW - Hurst disease KW - dispatch KW - Switzerland DO - 10.3201/eid1404.061366 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/4/06-1366_article ER - End of Reference