Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis following Pontiac Fever

Sybille Spieker,D. Petersen,A Rolfs,F. Fehrenbach,Reinhard Kuntz,R.H. Seuffer,M. Fetter,Johannes Dichgans

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis following Pontiac Fever

1998

Sybille Spieker
D. Petersen
A Rolfs
F. Fehrenbach
Reinhard Kuntz
R.H. Seuffer
M. Fetter
Johannes Dichgans

We report the case of a 35-year-old woman who developed headache and psychosis and gradually became comatose within 3 weeks after a flu-like infection. MRI revealed bifrontal demyelination consistent

Keywords:

Encephalomyelitis
Anesthesia
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
Legionella cincinnatiensis
Psychosis
Medicine
Pontiac fever
Central nervous system disease
Pediatrics
Pathology

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