A number of acute infections causing cerebellitis may be associated with cerebellar ataxia.
Viral infections associated with acute cerebellar ataxia:
(1) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
(2) Enterovirus 71
(3) Epstein-Barr
(4) Hepatitis A
(5) Herpes simplex virus, Type 1
(6) Human Herpesvirus 6
(7) Measles
(8) Mumps
(9) Parvovirus B19
(10) Rotavirus
(11) Rubella
(12) Varicella-Zoster
Bacteria associated with acute cerebellar ataxia:
(1) Salmonella species (typhoid fever)
(2) Lyme disease (Borrelia)
Other organisms associated with acute cerebellar ataxia:
(1) Mycoplasma
Differential diagnosis:
(1) postinfectious cerebellitis
(2) ataxia associated with chronic infection
