Postmalaria neurological syndrome: a case report.
Described here is a case of postmalaria neurological syndrome in a patient who presented infection by Plasmodium falciparum two months earlier. The patient received empiric use of acyclovir for herpetic meningoencephalitis, but neuropsychiatric symptoms improved only after administration of methylprednisolone.
Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Hospital Central do Exército, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Leonardo Ponce da
LP
Motta
Márcio Araújo da
MA
Costa
Marcelo Barreto
MB
Gouvea
Alberto Saraiva
AS
Tibúrcio
Esaú Custódio
EC
João Filho
Maurício
M
Specterow
Beatriz Cappatto da
BC
Silva
Maria Letícia Fernandes Oliveira
ML
Nascimento
Natasha Sbragio
NS
Ganem
Marcelo Rosandiski
MR
Lyra
D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D013577:Syndrome; D055815:Young Adult