{
  "abstract": "A 39-year-old man developed progressive right middle cerebral artery distribution strokes as a manifestation of meningovascular neurosyphilis. He also had hypertension and smoked cigarettes. He subsequently developed neuropsychiatric symptoms despite appropriate syphilis treatment, prompting further investigation which identified anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) autoantibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid. The catatonia resolved after high-dose intravenous corticosteroids and plasma exchange for suspected anti-NMDAR encephalitis. This report highlights the importance of diagnostic flexibility and is a further example of postinfective NMDAR encephalitis after infections other than HSV-1 encephalitis.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Derek Barisas"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurology, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Christopher Alexander"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurology, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Charles Roach"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurology, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Jesse Crayle"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Catatonia during stroke rehabilitation: autoimmune encephalitis following meningovascular neurosyphilis",
  "uid": "da0ad548-3ba0-5472-9629-ef324f23fc9a"
}