Clinical characteristics of severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Besides respiratory system,Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection can also cause diseases in other organ systems,and nervous system impairment is the common extrapulmonary complications. Recent years,the morbidity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis is uprising. As the pathogenesis of Mycoplasma pneumonia encephalitis is not clear,so uniform diagnosis standard hasn't been acquired up to now. Its treatment mainly uses macrolides with less na-gative effects on children's body growth,and intravenous immunoglobulin could also be used jointly. The prognosis of Mycoplasma pneumonia encephalitis is related with clinical manifestation,age of onset,imageological change and whe-ther receiving timely treatment or not.