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Yousaf Abdullah Khan1, Usman Hameed Mian1, Najia Karim Ghanchi2
11 MBBS Students, Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Abstract:
Plasmodium vivax is the most common specie causing malaria outside Africa with approximately 13.8 million reported cases worldwide. We report case of P. vivax infection with cerebral involvement. A nine year old boy presented with high grade fever accompanied by projectile vomiting and abnormal behavior later he developed seizures, shock, and unconsciousness. P. vivax monoinfection was diagnosed based on peripheral smears and PCR. After antimalarial therapy, patient made full recovery. Current case highlights increasing trend of cerebral complications caused by P. vivax.
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