Steroid Pulse Therapy May Mitigate Prolonged Neurological Manifestations after Eradication of Severe Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia
A 58-year-old Japanese man with a high parasitemia of Plasmodium falciparum, returning from Uganda, was admitted to our hospital since his consciousness level rapidly deteriorated after the initial dose of mefloquine. Despite the parasitemia was cleared by quinine by day 7, the coma remained unchang...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
2016
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5173515/ |