Pandemic-related delay of falciparum malaria diagnosis in a traveller leading to cerebral malaria | Zendy

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Pandemic-related delay of falciparum malaria diagnosis in a traveller leading to cerebral malaria

Author(s) -

Lorenz Schubert,

Professor Majda M Thurnher,

Professor Klaus Machold,

Selma Tobudic,

Professor Stefan Winkler

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taab159

Subject(s) - medicine , malaria , plasmodium falciparum , cerebral malaria , corpus callosum , magnetic resonance imaging , pandemic , virology , pediatrics , immunology , covid-19 , pathology , radiology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease

We report the case of a 29-year-old male in whom COVID-19 concerns led to a delayed diagnosis of falciparum malaria. The patient developed symptoms of cerebral malaria with cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum in magnetic resonance imaging.

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