Postmalaria Neurological Syndrome: Two Cases from The Gambia | Zendy

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Postmalaria Neurological Syndrome: Two Cases from The Gambia

Author(s) -

Stephen D Lawn,

Katie L. Flanagan,

Stephen G. Wright,

Tom Doherty,

Peter GodfreyFaussett

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/344774

Subject(s) - medicine , convalescence , myoclonus , confusion , malaria , plasmodium falciparum , neurological deficit , cerebrospinal fluid , neurological disorder , pediatrics , surgery , anesthesia , central nervous system disease , pathology , psychology , psychoanalysis

We describe 2 patients with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria whose convalescence was complicated by fever, with acute confusion and acalculia in one patient and a triad of myoclonus, tremor, and dysphasia in the other. Inflammatory changes were found in cerebrospinal fluid samples. Postmalaria neurological syndrome was diagnosed in each patient, and a therapeutic response to oral corticosteroids was seen in the second patient.

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