Plasmodium falciparum malaria, bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy and delayed cerebellar ataxia
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Plasmodium falciparum malaria, bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy and delayed cerebellar ataxia.
We describe the case of a 14-year-old Caucasian male, a resident in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who was observed in Portugal with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria with high-level parasitemia and severe thrombocytopenia. The course was complicated by bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy during acute malaria, followed by the appearance of delayed cerebellar ataxia during the recovery...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1972-2680
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2177