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Psychosis and mycoplasma pneumoniae
1Department of Psychiatry, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York.
The Hillside Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
|January 1, 1987
Summary
Mycoplasma pneumoniae can cause serious central nervous system (CNS) issues beyond respiratory illness. This case study highlights acute psychosis as a rare, yet significant, extrapulmonary complication of M. pneumoniae infection.
Area of Science:
- Infectious Diseases
- Neurology
- Psychiatry
Background:
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of human respiratory infections.
- Extrapulmonary manifestations of M. pneumoniae are less recognized but documented.
- Central nervous system (CNS) complications are the most frequent extrapulmonary conditions associated with M. pneumoniae.