[Persistent cerebellar ataxia following typhoid fever].

We report a patient who developed acute cerebellar ataxia, delirium, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and acute renal failure following typhoid fever. After treatment his general conditions improved except for cerebellar ataxia. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), before and after intravenous gadolinium administration, showed slight atrophy of the cerebellar vermis. 1-123 iodoamphetamine single photon emission computed tomography (IMP-SPECT) images showed markedly reduced radioisotope (RI) uptake in the cerebellum, and strongly implicated dysfunction of the cerebellum. Our report suggests that severe typhoid fever can produce persistent cerebellar dysfunction.