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- Title
A spontaneous recovery of anti‐galactocerebroside antibody‐associated encephalitis without evidence of Mycoplasma infection.
- Authors
Tadokoro, Koh; Omote, Yoshio; Osakada, Yosuke; Ikegami, Ken; Sato, Kota; Takemoto, Mami; Hishikawa, Nozomi; Ohta, Yasuyuki; Yamashita, Toru; Abe, Koji
- Abstract
Anti‐galactocerebroside (Gal‐C) antibody is characteristic of encephalomyelitis and Guillain‐Barré syndrome subsequent to mycoplasma infection. Here, we report a 75‐year‐old Japanese man who presented somnolence, signs of meningeal irritation, and parkinsonian features with positive serum inflammatory markers and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis. Although anti‐Mycoplasma pneumoniae antibody was negative, anti‐Gal‐C antibody was later detected in his serum. The present case recovered spontaneously without any other specific therapies.
- Subjects
MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA pneumoniae infections; ENCEPHALITIS; CEREBROSPINAL fluid; GUILLAIN-Barre syndrome; BIOMARKERS
- Publication
Neurology & Clinical Neuroscience, 2020, Vol 8, Issue 3, p164
- ISSN
2049-4173
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ncn3.12379