Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 19-2014. A 19-year-old woman with headache, fever, stiff neck, and mental-status changes

N Engl J Med. 2014 Jun 19;370(25):2427-38. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1400838.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Brain / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Encephalomyelitis / complications
  • Encephalomyelitis / diagnosis*
  • Encephalomyelitis / microbiology
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Muscle Rigidity / etiology
  • Mycoplasma Infections / complications
  • Mycoplasma Infections / diagnosis*
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae / immunology
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Neck Muscles
  • Spinal Cord / pathology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous