title: Postmalaria neurological syndrome: two cases from the Gambia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London WC1E 6AU, United Kingdom. stevelawn@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Lawn
authors.forename: Katie L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Flanagan
authors.forename: Stephen G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Tom F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Doherty
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Godfrey-Faussett
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005714:Gambia; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones