Open AccessA Case of Postmalaria Neurologic Syndrome and Pediatric Literature Review
Author(s) -
Benjamin Faivre,
Simon Bessis,
Jean Bergounioux,
Clara Duran,
Aurélien Dinh,
Aben Essid
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002803
Subject(s) - meningoencephalitis , malaria , medicine , pediatrics , cerebral malaria , intensive care medicine , pathology , plasmodium falciparum
Postmalaria neurologic syndrome is an under-recognized self-resolving acute neuropsychiatric condition, usually occurring after complete recovery from malaria. We describe the case of a 7-year-old child who presented with an afebrile lymphocytic meningoencephalitis. The notion of a previously treated malaria episode and the absence of malaria during current episode led us postmalaria neurologic syndrome diagnosis with secondary spontaneous outcome.