TITLE:
Acute Cerebellar Ataxia—Uncommon Manifestation of Typhoid Fever
AUTHORS:
Kiran Kumar, Mohammed Khalid, Shaikh Altaf Basha, Alyaa Fadhil
KEYWORDS:
Enteric Fever, Ataxia, Neurological Manifestations, Typhoid
JOURNAL NAME:
Neuroscience and Medicine,
Vol.6 No.2,
April
16,
2015
ABSTRACT: Enteric fever is widely prevalent in the tropics. Central nervous system involvement is not rare and reported incidence varies from 5% to 35% [1]. Various well-known neuropsychiatric manifestations include confusional state, encephalopathy, meningism, convulsions and focal neurological deficits. Acute cerebellar ataxia as an isolated neurological complication of enteric fever is very rare and limited to only a few case reports [2]. Here we report a case of enteric fever who presents Acute Cerebellar Ataxia.