A 57-year-old man with a 6-day headache and fatigue

A 57-year-old man without notable past medical history presented at Johns Hopkins Hospital with a 6-day history of headache and worsening fatigue shortly after returning from a trip to Nigeria. The diagnosis is malaria with cerebral involvement.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of medicine 2005-03, Vol.118 (3), p.219-221
Hauptverfasser:	Baken, Johann, Nilsson, Kent R., Mani, Susan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Antimalarials - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Doxycycline - therapeutic use Fatigue - etiology General aspects Headache - etiology Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy Headaches Humans Malaria Malaria, Cerebral - complications Malaria, Cerebral - diagnosis Malaria, Cerebral - drug therapy Male Medical diagnosis Medical sciences Middle Aged Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Quinine - therapeutic use
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Zusammenfassung:	A 57-year-old man without notable past medical history presented at Johns Hopkins Hospital with a 6-day history of headache and worsening fatigue shortly after returning from a trip to Nigeria. The diagnosis is malaria with cerebral involvement.
ISSN:	0002-9343 1555-7162
DOI:	10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.12.001