Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following Typhoid Fever: A Case Report

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following Typhoid Fever: A Case Report

The involvement of central nervous system in children with typhoid fever is common. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is a rare immune mediated and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that usually affects children. We report a 7-year-old child with typhoid fever who developed acut...

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Main Authors: R Adhikari, A Tayal, PK Chhetri, B Pokhrel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: College of Medical Sciences 2014-04-01
Series:Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal
Subjects:
acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
acute cerebellar syndrome
typhoid fever
Online Access:http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JCMSN/article/view/10237
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spelling doaj-81e600ae78d342aeafacd22ac32d213a2020-11-24T21:15:22ZengCollege of Medical SciencesJournal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal2091-06572091-06732014-04-0194555810.3126/jcmsn.v9i4.102378156Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following Typhoid Fever: A Case ReportR Adhikari0A Tayal1PK Chhetri2B Pokhrel3Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital, BharatpurAssociate Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital, BharatpurAssociate Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital, BharatpurResident, Department of Neuromedicine, College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital, BharatpurThe involvement of central nervous system in children with typhoid fever is common. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is a rare immune mediated and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that usually affects children. We report a 7-year-old child with typhoid fever who developed acute cerebellar syndrome due to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.<p><em>Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 2013, Vol-9, No-4, 55-58</em><br /> <br /> DOI:&nbsp;<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v9i4.10237">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v9i4.10237</a> <strong></strong></p>http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JCMSN/article/view/10237acute disseminated encephalomyelitisacute cerebellar syndrometyphoid fever
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author R Adhikari
A Tayal
PK Chhetri
B Pokhrel
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A Tayal
PK Chhetri
B Pokhrel
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following Typhoid Fever: A Case Report
Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal
acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
acute cerebellar syndrome
typhoid fever
author_facet R Adhikari
A Tayal
PK Chhetri
B Pokhrel
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title Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following Typhoid Fever: A Case Report
title_short Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following Typhoid Fever: A Case Report
title_full Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following Typhoid Fever: A Case Report
title_fullStr Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following Typhoid Fever: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following Typhoid Fever: A Case Report
title_sort acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following typhoid fever: a case report
publisher College of Medical Sciences
series Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal
issn 2091-0657
2091-0673
publishDate 2014-04-01
description The involvement of central nervous system in children with typhoid fever is common. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is a rare immune mediated and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that usually affects children. We report a 7-year-old child with typhoid fever who developed acute cerebellar syndrome due to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.<p><em>Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 2013, Vol-9, No-4, 55-58</em><br /> <br /> DOI:&nbsp;<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v9i4.10237">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmsn.v9i4.10237</a> <strong></strong></p>
topic acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
acute cerebellar syndrome
typhoid fever
url http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JCMSN/article/view/10237
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