Cerebellar ataxia in enteric fever.
In a study of enteric fever, cerebellar ataxia was found to be the commonest neurological manifestation, second only to toxic delirium. Excluding toxic delirium (found in 25-30% of cases) neurologic deficit was noted in 5.0% of a series of 718 consecutive cases; 2.3% showed cerebellar ataxia, either as an isolated feature or in association with other lesions. The ataxia usually appeared in the second week, and lasted a mean of 9.4 days. In 90% of cases it had cleared completely within a month.
D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000209:etiology*; D003693:Delirium / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis