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Falciparum malaria presenting as psychosis
A Sowunmi1, J U Ohaeri, C O Falade
1Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Tropical and Geographical Medicine
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 15-year-old male presented on three occasions with fever, aggressive behaviour, poor sleep and mixed affective and schizophreniform symptoms in association with falciparum malaria. The symptoms resolved promptly following anti-malarial treatment. Prophylaxis with proguanil prevented recurrence of the illness.