Less common childhood symptoms can include meningitis, myelitis, ataxia, and chorea. Also hemiplegia, ataxia, myelitis and polyneuropathy have been reported in scientific literature. More than half of the reported cases from 2019 had meningitis, encephalitis or myelitis. Rabies may also inflame the spinal cord, producing transverse myelitis. Rabies may also inflame the spinal cord producing myelitis. Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a serious condition of the spinal cord. Meningitis with myelitis was found and attributed to exposure to cold or fatigue. In April 2008, he had a sudden bout of the neurological disorder transverse myelitis. It is suspected of causing a polio-like disorder called acute flaccid myelitis. Or, tuberculosis, syphilis, and brucellosis are also known to cause myelitis in immune-compromised individuals. These are suspected in many cases of acute flaccid myelitis. Bacterial myelitis includes "Mycoplasma pneumoniae", which is a common agent for respiratory tract. Myelitis is a rare manifestation of bacterial infection. William Osler recommended its use for pneumonia and acute myelitis in the early twentieth century. As a result of spinal myelitis, he died there at the age of 26.