Postmalaria neurological syndrome: a case report

作者：da Motta Leonardo Ponce; da Costa Marcio Araujo; Gouvea Marcelo Barreto; Tiburcio Alberto Saraiva^*; Joao Filho Esau Custodio; Specterow Mauricio; da Silva Beatriz Cappatto; Fernandes Oliveira Nascimento Maria Leticia; Ganem Natasha Sbragio; Lyra Marcelo Rosandiski

来源：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011, 44(6): 787-788.

• Postmalaria neurological syndrome
• Methylprednisolone
• Plasmodium falciparum

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.

• 出版日期2011-12