Postmalaria neurological syndrome: a case report

• 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

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.