Oh, what a groundbreaking revelation we have here! It turns out that patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia, who are already having a party with their susceptibility to infections, sometimes like to spice things up with a side of inflammatory or autoimmune complications. And here’s a plot twist: one of these lucky individuals with progressive encephalitis had the time of their life until some brilliant minds decided to throw a cocktail of corticosteroids, fluoxetine, and nitazoxanide at them. Lo and behold, the patient improved!

Now, because this is such an unexpected turn of events in the usually gloomy saga of progressive encephalitis, the authors of this study, in a stroke of sheer genius, suggest that maybe, just maybe, this combo treatment could be the superhero we’ve been waiting for to tackle this “devastating complication.” Who would have thought that treating a disease could lead to improvement, right? Let’s all take a moment to slow clap for this revolutionary idea based on a sample size that’s probably smaller than a toddler’s shoe collection.