Cerebral involvement in benign tertian malaria.
Although Plasmodium vivax usually causes benign uncomplicated malaria, it can occasionally result in severe disease with life-threatening, end-organ involvement generally seen with falciparum malaria. We report a case of cerebral malaria caused by P. vivax and review the literature on this subject.
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Department of Microbiology, The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan. masim.beg@aku.edu
Khan
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Baig
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Gulzar
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Hussain
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Smego
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D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D006801:Humans; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged