Spectrum of neuropsychiatric complications in 791 cases of typhoid fever

Autor: Allaqaband Gq, Samia Rashid, M. A. Kamli, Parvez A. Shah, Gazanfar Ali
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2:314-318
ISSN: 1360-2276
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1997.tb00145.x
Popis: Over a 6-year period, we studied 791 patients with multidrug-resistant typhoid fever, of whom 665 individuals (84%) developed neuropsychiatric manifestations. These were: acute confusional state (73%); myelitis (6%); cerebellitis (1%); parkinsonism (1%); acute psychosis (0.6%); meningo-encephalitis (0.5%); encephalitis (0.25%); sensory motor polyneuropathy, polymyositis, acute schizophrenia and bizarre neurological syndromes (0.12% each). Severe parkinsonian rigidity and meningo-encephalitis are associated with significant morbidity but very low mortality (0.5%).
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