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Transient Dysautonomia and Cerebellitis in Childhood Enteric Fever
Rajoo Thapa, MD*,
Pritam Banerjee, MD,
Nishar Akhtar, DCH,
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Trilochan S. Jain, MD
From the Department of Pediatrics, Employees State Insurance Corporation Hospital and Occupational Disease Center, Calcutta, India
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rajoothapa{at}yahoo.co.in.
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A case of childhood enteric fever complicated by transient Results of a neurologic examination at the end of 6 months dysautonomia and cerebellitis is reported. The child was were normal. Dysautonomia complicating the course of treated with intravenous antibiotics, and the complications childhood enteric fever is previously unreported. were managed conservatively. Dysautonomia and cerebellitis resolved by day 5 and day 8 after admission, respectively.
First published on July 21, 2008, doi:10.1177/0883073808316779
Journal of Child Neurology 2008;23:1081.
A more recent version of this article appeared on September 1, 2008

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