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Unlike ischaemic strokes where thrombolysis is done, for stroke related to infections, there are no definite strategies. Our patient was treated with physiotherapy, continued on antibiotics and slowly recovered over months and at 18-month follow-up, she was walking with a walker. The exact mechanism of thrombosis is not known but may be due to inflammation of the arterial wall and activation of the procoagulant cascade by infection-triggered inflammation. 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