[Status febrilis and unconsciousness].
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.
Sawatzki
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Medizinische Klinik B, Universitätsspital Basel, Schweiz.
Hatz
C
C
Buser
A
A
Battegay
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M
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*