Postmalaria neurological syndrome: a case report

Described here is a case of postmalaria neurological syndrome in a patient who presented infection by Plasmodium falciparum two months earlier. The patient received empiric use of acyclovir for herpetic meningoencephalitis, but neuropsychiatric symptoms improved only after administration of methylpr...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Leonardo Ponce da Motta, Márcio Araújo da Costa, Marcelo Barreto Gouvea, Alberto Saraiva Tibúrcio, Esaú Custódio João Filho, Maurício Specterow, Beatriz Cappatto da Silva, Maria Letícia Fernandes Oliveira Nascimento, Natasha Sbragio Ganem, Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011
Subjects:
Síndrome neurológica pós-malária
Metilprednisolona
Plasmodium falciparum
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822011000600027
https://doaj.org/article/62a70b16ab2e44ed8aff420acfaa1a9d
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Summary:Described here is a case of postmalaria neurological syndrome in a patient who presented infection by Plasmodium falciparum two months earlier. The patient received empiric use of acyclovir for herpetic meningoencephalitis, but neuropsychiatric symptoms improved only after administration of methylprednisolone.

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