Psychiatric manifestations of enteric fever

Abstract

This is a study of the aetiological and clinical aspects of 50 cases of typhoid fever with psychiatric manifestations in the Sudan. The incidence of psychiatric symptoms was 8%, the clinical picture was one of acute psycho-organic reactions (74%), and in 18% the psychiatric symptoms preceded the onset of the fever. The typhoid infection and, to a lesser degree, susceptible personality seem to be important aetiological factors.

Psychosis in paratyphoid fever – a case report from Australia

“…Although symptoms of delusion, auditory and visual hallucinations are common in psychiatric presentations of typhoid (46%, 56% and 18% of patients, respectively), elation is less common 7 (6%). There are only a few reports of typhoid fever presenting with hypomania 8 or bipolarity 10 and virtually no specific report of this kind of presentation in paratyphoid fever.…”

“…Although the deficits usually reverse quickly on recovery, occasionally there can be residual deficits. 6,7 According to some authors, the risk of mortality increases in enteric fever complicated by central nervous system involvement. 4 There has been a tendency for patients in developing countries to present more with neuropsychiatric manifestations as compared to those in developed countries, although the recent increase in travel and migration can change that balance.…”

“…6,8 On reviewing the literature available on Pubmed, we found that most of the reports on neuropsychiatric manifestations of enteric fever dealt with patients suffering from typhoid fever. [4][5][6][7] There is a scarcity of literature describing neuropsychiatric manifestations in Salmonella Paratyphi infections. We could not find any previous report of neuropsychiatric presentation of paratyphoid fever from Australia.…”

A case of enteric fever presenting with insidious neuropsychiatric manifestations

“…The clinical pattern of typhoid fever is changing, and the patients may present with neuropsychiatric complications (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6). The clinical pattern of typhoid fever is changing, and the patients may present with neuropsychiatric complications (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6).…”

Recurrent mania consequent to quinolones exposure: A case report and review of literature

“…[ 5 6 7 ] Typhoid fever has been shown to be associated with a range of neuropsychiatric manifestations with delirium being the most common presentation anteceding or occurring concomitantly with the fever mania is reported rarely. [ 8 9 10 ] We report a case of recurrent mania, which developed each time, the patient was exposed to quinolone antibiotics.…”