Chorea: A Rare Presentation of Vivax Malaria
Abstract
Malaria is now being reported with unusual manifestations because of increasing resistance, indiscriminate use of antimalarial drugs and development of immunity. Chorea is one
of the rare complication of falciparum malaria. In this case, a 28 year old male presented with fever, splenomegaly and with choreiform movement. Peripheral smear was positive for vivax malaria.
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2. Rao A, Kumar MK, Joseph T, Bulusu G. Cerebral malaria: insights from host-parasite protein-protein interactions. Malar J. 2010;9:155.
3. Sharma A, Khanduri U. How benign is benign tertian malaria? J Vector Borne Dis. 2009;46(2):141–144.
4. Beg MA, Khan R, Baig SM, Gulzar Z, Hussain R, Smego RA Jr. Cerebralinvolvement in benign tertian malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2002;67(3):230–232.
5. CPT Robert B. Daroff , LTC John Jet al. Cerebral Malaria. JAMA. 20 Nov.1967 ; 202, No 8.
6. Kochar DK, Shubhakaran, Kumawat BLet al. Cerebral malaria in Indian adults: a prospective study of 441 patients from Bikaner, northwestIndia. J Assoc Physicians
India. 2002;50:234–241.
7. Carter JA, Neville BG, White S, et al. Increased prevalence of epilepsy associated with severe falciparum malaria in children. Epilepsia. 2004;45(8):978–981.
8. Aleem MA. Epilepsy in malaria. Epilepsia. 2005;46(4):601.
9. Agarwal AK, ChatterjeeSarit. Malaria. API Textbook of medicine. 2012;9(2); 1177
Published
2019-08-27
How to Cite
Dr Pradeep Nigam, Singh K , Palwe H, Indurkar M , Jain M K. (2019). Chorea: A Rare Presentation of Vivax Malaria. The Indian Practitioner, 68(4), 43-44. Retrieved from https://articles.theindianpractitioner.com/index.php/tip/article/view/649
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Case Reports
