Korean Journal of Stroke  2012;14(3):149-151

Multiple Cerebral Infarcts Following Acute Plasmodium vivax Infection.

Young Kyoung JANG 1 ; Yang Ki MINN ; Soo Jin CHO ; Ki Han KWON

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Keywords

Plasmodium vivax; Cerebral malaria; Cerebral infarction

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Cerebral malaria is a severe neurological complication of Plasmodium falciparum infection. Cerebral malaria can lead to cerebral infarction by several mechanisms including systemic inflammatory response. The systemic inflammatory response is known to rarely occur in Plasmodium vivax infection. We report a patient who developed multiple cerebral infarctions following Plasmodium vivax infection.