Antibody Responses to Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Role in Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of Encephalitis?

The current diagnostic algorithm of the "Consensus Statement of the International Encephalitis Consortium" [12] recommends for the diagnosis of M. pneumoniae infection in children with encephalitis (1) serology and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from throat samples (routine studies), an...

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Published in:	PLoS pathogens Vol. 10; no. 6; p. e1003983
Main Authors:	Meyer Sauteur, Patrick M., Jacobs, Bart C., Spuesens, Emiel B. M., Jacobs, Enno, Nadal, David, Vink, Cornelis, van Rossum, Annemarie M. C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.06.2014 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Antibodies Antibodies, Bacterial - cerebrospinal fluid Biomarkers - cerebrospinal fluid Control Cross Reactions Distribution DNA, Bacterial - cerebrospinal fluid Drug therapy Encephalitis Encephalitis - diagnosis Encephalitis - etiology Galactosylceramides - antagonists & inhibitors Gangliosides - antagonists & inhibitors Guillain-Barre Syndrome - diagnosis Guillain-Barre Syndrome - etiology Health aspects Humans Infections Medicine and Health Sciences Models, Immunological Molecular Mimicry Mycoplasma pneumoniae Mycoplasma pneumoniae - immunology Mycoplasma pneumoniae - isolation & purification Mycoplasma pneumoniae - pathogenicity Nervous system Opinion Pathogenesis Patients Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - cerebrospinal fluid Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - immunology Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - microbiology Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - physiopathology Proteins Studies Viral antibodies Netherlands
ISSN:	1553-7374, 1553-7366, 1553-7374
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