title: Catatonic syndrome in acute severe encephalitis due to Borrelia burgdorferi infection.
abstract: We report a 19-year-old patient who presented with an acute encephalopathy manifested by catatonia. We isolated Borrelia burgdorferi from the CSF and demonstrated intrathecal production of IgG antibodies against B burgdorferi. The patient completely recovered after intravenous ceftriaxone therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Pfister
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Preac-Mursic
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wilske
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rieder
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Förderreuther
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kapfhammer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002389:Catatonia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome