Catatonic syndrome in acute severe encephalitis due to Borrelia burgdorferi infection.
Pfister HW, Preac-Mursic V, Wilske B, Rieder G, Förderreuther S, Schmidt S, Kapfhammer HP.
Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
We report a 19-year-old patient who presented with an acute encephalopathy manifested by catatonia. We isolated Borrelia burgdorferi from the CSF and demonstrated intrathecal production of IgG antibodies against B burgdorferi. The patient completely recovered after intravenous ceftriaxone therapy.
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PMID: 8437717 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]