Respiratory Tract Bacterium Uncovered as Trigger for Serious Nervous System Disease (IMAGE)

University of Zurich

Respiratory Tract Bacterium Uncovered as Trigger for Serious Nervous System Disease

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The bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae can trigger the autoimmune disease GBS.

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Image: Front Microbiol.2016;7:329

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