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In patients withMycoplasma pneumonia extrapulmonary manifestations such as encephalitis, meningitis, cerebellar and brain stem involvement, cranial nerve lesions, peripheral neuropathy, polymyositis have been observed. We report a 16-year-old girl withM. pneumonia infection, acute behavioral changes and coma. Treatment with high dose methyl-prednisolone and clarithromycin led to rapid clinical improvement.
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Gücüyener, K., Şimşek, F., Yilmaz, Ö. et al. Methyl-prednisolone in neurologic complications ofMycoplasma pneumonia . Indian J Pediatr 67, 467–469 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859473
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