Enteric fever presenting as catatonia syndrome – Case report

Abstract

Enteric or typhoid fever is an emerging tropical infectious disease and a global public health problem with a documented spectrum of neuro-psychiatric manifestations especially from endemic countries. Although neuro-psychiatric manifestations are reported in nearly 50–75% of patients at any phase of enteric fever, the chance of their misdiagnosis and deferred diagnosis of the prime illness is quite common. Atypical symptoms are commonly attributed to be a part of ‘typhoid toxaemia’, the acute febrile phase of the illness. We report a case of young male presenting with catatonia in the aftermath of such.