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Case Reports
. 1977 Jul;53(621):416-8.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.53.621.416.

Polyradiculoneuritis and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

S Holt, M M Khan, R G Charles, E J Epstein
Case Reports

Polyradiculoneuritis and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

S Holt et al. Postgrad Med J. 1977 Jul.

Abstract

A patient with severe Mycoplasma pneumonia developed polyradiculoneuritis and respiratory failure. The acute phase of the illness was complicated by a myocarditis, and recovery of neurological function was slow. Residual left hemidiaphragmatic paralysis was present 1 year after onset of the illness.

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