Cerebral malaria.
Cerebral malaria is an unusual and treatable cause of stupor and coma, and it can present suddenly in a healthy person. It is diagnosed by finding parasites on a blood smear and is treated either with chloroquine or with quinine, pyrimethamine, and sulfadiazine.
D000328:Adult; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum
D000962:Antimalarials