Encephalitis in a traveller with typhoid fever: efficacy of corticosteroids

AUTHOR

Guillaume Mellon, Anne-Line Eme, Benjamin Rohaut, Florence Brossier, Loïc Epelboin, Eric Caumes

ABSTRACT

Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection caused by Salmonella typhi or S. paratyphi, recognized as a classical cause of fever in returning travellers. However, neuropsychiatric presentations are rarely reported in travellers diagnosed in western countries, whereas they are more commonly described in patients treated in endemic areas. We describe such a case and discuss the pathophysiologic mechanisms of this complication.

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