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Case Reports
. 2011 Nov-Dec;44(6):787-8.
doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822011000600027.

Postmalaria neurological syndrome: a case report

Leonardo Ponce da Motta  1 , Márcio Araújo da Costa, Marcelo Barreto Gouvea, Alberto Saraiva Tibúrcio, Esaú Custódio João Filho, Maurício Specterow, Beatriz Cappatto da Silva, Maria Letícia Fernandes Oliveira Nascimento, Natasha Sbragio Ganem, Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra
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Postmalaria neurological syndrome: a case report

Leonardo Ponce da Motta et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2011 Nov-Dec.
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Abstract

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.

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