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To evaluate the validity of clinical associations between Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections and neurological syndromes, establish causal verification criteria, and explore possible pathogenetic mechanisms.

February 1, 1980Archives of Neurology

Neurological Syndromes and Mycoplasmal Infections

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WCWallace A. ClydeUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Clinical commentary examines neurological disease complications in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, highlighting the need for criteria to prove causal pathogenetic mechanisms.

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To evaluate the validity of clinical associations between Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections and neurological syndromes, establish causal verification criteria, and explore possible pathogenetic mechanisms.
Commentary evaluating historical case reports and clinical literature linking Mycoplasma pneumoniae with neurological syndromes.
Epidemiologic estimation of national disease burden based on an attack rate of two pneumonia cases per 1,000 population annually.
Mycoplasma pneumoniae causes approximately 400,000 pneumonia episodes annually in the United States based on population attack rates.
The pathogen is responsible for 20% to 50% of respiratory disease episodes depending on the epidemiologic setting.
Published evidence increasingly links the organism to secondary neurological manifestations, though rigorous proof and mechanistic clarity remain needed.

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Wallace A. Clyde (1980) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bc3815b8f4ede65a8fa8b https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1980.00500510023001

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Clinical commentary examines neurological disease complications in Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, highlighting the need for criteria to prove causal pathogenetic mechanisms.

Neurological Syndromes and Mycoplasmal Infections

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Neurological Syndromes and Mycoplasmal Infections

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