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Psychosis and mycoplasma pneumoniae
1Department of Psychiatry, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York.
Abstract:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae has long been recognized as an important agent of respiratory infections in humans. Less well known is the variety of extrapulmonary conditions associated with M. pneumoniae (Cassel, 1981; Ponka, 1979; Levine, 1978). The most common of these are central nervous system (CNS) complications (Lind, 1979) including meningitis, encephalitis, cranial nerve palsies, ascending paralysis (Guillain-Barre-like), transverse myelitis, cerebellar ataxia, polyradiculitis and acute psychosis. This paper describes a woman who developed an acute psychosis in the setting of a M. pneumoniae respiratory infection.
Insights
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.