Pneumonia Encephalopathy
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چکیده
Mycoplasma pneumonia , a we ll known ca use of acute respiratory in fect ion in man , has been reported to frequently include centra l ner vous syste m mani festations as part o f its cli n ica l co urse (1,2). T he spectr um of neurologi c syndromes assoc ia te d with th e di sea se is vast , ran ging fro m direct invasion of brain and meninges by the organism to non-in vasive parain fectiou s encepha lopathy (3). This is a case report of an individual who presented to th e e mergency room in a n acute psychotic state as th e single manifestation of a parain fect.ious encephalopathy secondary to m ycoplasma pn eumonia infect ion of th e lung.
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