Catatonia and parkinsonism as a sequelae of typhoid fever: a rare experience.

Although neurological manifestations of typhoid fever was thought to be obsolete from modern world, emergence of multidrug resistant typhoid bacilli and reporting of outbreak of typhoid fever with a range of early neuropsychiatric manifestations from various parts of world has led clinicians and investigators to re-evaluate the clinical spectrum of this endemic sinister disease. An 18-year-old male student was admitted in psychiatry ward with mutism, staring look, posturing and rigidity. There was history of typhoid fever 1 week before for which he was prescribed cefuroxime. Although investigations fail to provide any clue, his catatonic symptoms disappeared 2 weeks later giving way to resting tremor, bradykinesia, cog-wheel rigidity but without gait abnormality. He was successfully treated with lorazepam, amantidine, olanzapine and pramiprexole. The patient was asymptomatic within a month. He had no recurrence of symptoms till last follow-up, 6 months from the illness.