title: [Cerebral Malaria in Ceará: a case report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia e Medicina Legal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. bragamarcus@hotmail.com.br
authors.forename: Marcus Davis Machado
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.forename: Geritza Chagas
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Alcântara
authors.forename: Cristiane Nobre
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Cyntia Gioconda Honorato
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Nascimento
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D002738:Chloroquine; D011319:Primaquine; D015767:Mefloquine