VP-shunt dysfunction caused by malaria CNS infection

Introduction Malaria is a widespread mosquito-borne infectious disease with over 300 million cases and roughly 900 thousand deaths in 2013. Cerebral involvement of malaria causes 50 % of all infection-associated deaths, especially in children below the age of 5 years. Hydrocephalus is a medical cond...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Child's nervous system 2016-04, Vol.32 (4), p.759-760
Hauptverfasser:	Fehrenbach, Michael Karl, Bernhard, Matthias, Siekmeyer, Manuela, Lippmann, Norman, Kiess, Wieland, Nestler, Ulf, Meixensberger, Jürgen, Preuss, Matthias
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Case Report Central Nervous System Infections - complications Central Nervous System Infections - etiology Central Nervous System Infections - parasitology Cerebral Ventricles - surgery Child, Preschool Humans Malaria - complications Malaria - pathology Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Neurosciences Neurosurgery Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt - adverse effects
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