[Cerebral Malaria in Ceará: a case report].
Starting from a case of cerebral malaria in Ceará, the authors get the attention for that possibility of this occurrence in no-endemic zone, due to the retard of the diagnosis. Besides the serious implications of the disease, uncommon for this determined species, Plasmodium vivax, it is observed the probable existence of mixed infection and the potential dissemination with the presence of the sand fly transmitter.
Braga
Marcus Davis Machado
MD
Departamento de Patologia e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. bragamarcus@hotmail.com.br
Alcântara
Geritza Chagas
GC
da Silva
Cristiane Nobre
CN
Nascimento
Cyntia Gioconda Honorato
CG
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015767:Mefloquine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010966:Plasmodium vivax; D011319:Primaquine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000962:Antimalarials; D002738:Chloroquine; D011319:Primaquine; D015767:Mefloquine