Open AccessMycoplasma pneumoniae: manifestaciones neurológicas y controversias diagnósticas. A propósito de un caso
Author(s) -
Paula Arighi,
María I Deregibus,
Jorge Agrimbau Vázquez,
Diego Amoedo,
Ana Buchovsky,
Marina Costa,
Stella Carchio,
Mariastri
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2018.e590
Subject(s) - medicine , mycoplasma pneumonia , aseptic meningitis , meningitis , mycoplasma pneumoniae , dermatology , surgery , pneumonia
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp) is responsible for 30% of the respiratory manifestations of the general population. Pneumonia occupies the first place within this group. Among the extra-respiratory forms (40%), the neurological ones are the most frequent. Meningoencephalitis and aseptic meningitis are the most common. The presentation of more than one clinical variant in the same patient associated with primoinfection by Mp is possible. In relation to the serological diagnosis, controversies in interpretation sometimes occur. This is a 7-year-old girl with conjunctival injection, cervical adenopathy, photophobia with bilateral papilla pseudoedema, and scaly rash that develops peripheral facial paralysis and aseptic meningitis. We will discuss diagnostic controversies.