Plasmodium falciparum malaria, bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy and delayed cerebellar ataxia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 290-294

  Duque, Vitor ^a   Seixas, Diana ^a   Ventura, Conceição ^a   da Cunha, Saraiva ^a   Meliço Silvestre, António ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Delayed cerebellar ataxia; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Sixth cranial nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMPICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BRAIN PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ANTIGEN; QUININE SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIARRHEA; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLACTATEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOXEMIA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOPENIA; MALAISE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLEOCYTOSIS; PORTUGAL; POSTURAL TREMOR; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SOMNOLENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; SWEATING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84858396289     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2177     Document Type: Article

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