title: [Status febrilis and unconsciousness].
abstract: Cerebral malaria with Plasmodium vivax is uncommon. Normally Plasmodium falciparum is the cause of cerebral malaria. We report about a 18 year old patient from Pakistan with a history of intermittent fever for several months. The patient recovered within a few days; however prognosis can be severe when cerebral malaria is complicating the course of Plasmodium vivax infection.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik B, Universitätsspital Basel, Schweiz.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sawatzki
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hatz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Battegay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology*; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D010966:Plasmodium vivax; D013557:Switzerland; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000209:etiology*