Cerebellar syndrome with meningoencephalitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae

authors:

avatar Zohreh Aminzadeh 1 , * , avatar Seyed Amin Zamiri 2 , avatar Babak Azadnia 2

Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, zohrehaminzadeh@yahoo.com, Iran
Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, Iran
Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology: Vol.4, issue 3
article type: Case Report

how to cite: Aminzadeh Z, Zamiri S A, Azadnia B. Cerebellar syndrome with meningoencephalitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Jundishapur J Microbiol. 2011;4(3): -. 

Abstract

We report a 24-year-old woman with a Mycoplasma pneumonitis associated with subacute meningoencephalitis and acute cerebellitis that caused a cerebellar atrophy. Electroencephalogram showed diffuse dysfunction in the brain. There was few white blood cell but normal glucose and protein in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Brain MRI showed bilateral atrophy of cerebellum.

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