SEVERE MYOCLONUS IN A PATIENT RECOVERING FROM FALCIPARUM-MALARIA

Authors
GEERTS Y VANDENABBEELE K COLEBUNDERS R VANGOMPEL A CROUGHS W VANDENENDE J
Citation
Y. Geerts et al., SEVERE MYOCLONUS IN A PATIENT RECOVERING FROM FALCIPARUM-MALARIA, Tropical and geographical medicine, 47(5), 1995, pp. 220-220
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Tropical and geographical medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00413232
Volume
47
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
220 - 220
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-3232(1995)47:5<220:SMIAPR>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Isolated myoclonus has rarely been. reported as a complication of Plas modium falciparum malaria. We describe the development of chaotic myoc lonic jerks in an afebrile and conscious patient, the fourth day of tr eatment with quinine for P. falciparum infection. The myoclonus finall y resulted in a generalized tonic-clonic seizure and coma, which resol ved without further antimalarial treatment.