Acute cerebellar ataxia associated with enteric fever in a child: a case report

İNCECİK F., HERGUNER M., MERT G., ALABAZ D., ALTUNBAŞAK Ş.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.55, no.4, pp.441-442, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 55 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.441-442
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Enteric fever is a common infectious disease of the tropical world. Characteristic presenting features include fever, relative bradycardia, diarrhea or constipation, and abdominal pain. Central nervous system involvement is not rare and has a wide spectrum of presentation in enteric fever. Complications such as meningism, delirium, coma, and convulsions have been reported often. However, isolated acute cerebellar ataxia associated with enteric fever is rare.