Post-malaria neurological syndrome complicating a relapse of Plasmodium falciparum malaria after atovaquone-proguanil treatment;Syndrome neurologique post-paludisme compliquant une rechute d'accès palustre à Plasmodium falciparum initialement traité par atovaquone-proguanil

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-43

  Forestier, E ^a   Labe, A ^a   Raffenot, D ^a   Lecomte, C ^a   Rogeaux, O ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CHAMBÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

Atovaquone proguanil; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Post malaria neurological syndrome

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIMALARIALS; ATOVAQUONE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PROGUANIL; RECURRENCE; SYNDROME;

EID: 78951490304     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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