Abstract
Cerebral malaria, the most frequent complication of falciparum malaria, is usually predicted by an increased count of asexual parasites in peripheral blood. We report a case of a female returnee from Ghana who developed cerebral malaria in spite of parasite clearance in peripheral blood after therapy with atovaquone/proguanil.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Animals
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Antimalarials / therapeutic use*
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Artemisinins / therapeutic use
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Artesunate
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Atovaquone / therapeutic use*
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Female
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Humans
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Malaria, Cerebral / drug therapy*
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Malaria, Cerebral / parasitology*
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Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects*
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Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification
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Proguanil / therapeutic use*
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Quinine / therapeutic use
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Sesquiterpenes / therapeutic use
Substances
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Antimalarials
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Artemisinins
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Sesquiterpenes
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Artesunate
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Quinine
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Proguanil
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Atovaquone