Partially reversible parkinsonism in Whipple's disease with antibiotherapy

P A Uldry; J Bogousslavsky

doi:10.1159/000116813

Partially reversible parkinsonism in Whipple's disease with antibiotherapy

Eur Neurol. 1992;32(3):151-3. doi: 10.1159/000116813.

Authors

P A Uldry¹, J Bogousslavsky

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 1375559
DOI: 10.1159/000116813

Abstract

Progressive parkinsonism developed in a 68-year-old man who had Whipple's disease. Extrapyramidal disturbances improved dramatically after introduction of antibiotherapy (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Basal Ganglia / pathology
Gait / drug effects
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neurologic Examination / drug effects*
Parkinson Disease / diagnosis
Parkinson Disease / drug therapy*
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use*
Whipple Disease / diagnosis
Whipple Disease / drug therapy*

Substances

Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination