Spontaneous Subdural Empyema Following a High-Parasitemia Falciparum Infection in a 58-Year-Old Female From a Malaria-Endemic Region: A Case Report

Malaria remains a significant public health problem of the tropical world. Falciparum malaria is most prevalent in the sub-Saharan African region, which harbors about 90% of all malaria cases and fatalities globally. Infection by the falciparum species often manifests with a spectrum of multi-organ...

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Autores principales: Pallangyo, Pedro, Lyimo, Frederick, Nicholaus, Paulina, Kain, Ulimbakisya, Janabi, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5011302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27635411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709616666567
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author Pallangyo, Pedro
Lyimo, Frederick
Nicholaus, Paulina
Kain, Ulimbakisya
Janabi, Mohamed
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Nicholaus, Paulina
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Janabi, Mohamed
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description Malaria remains a significant public health problem of the tropical world. Falciparum malaria is most prevalent in the sub-Saharan African region, which harbors about 90% of all malaria cases and fatalities globally. Infection by the falciparum species often manifests with a spectrum of multi-organ complications (eg, cerebral malaria), some of which are life-threatening. Spontaneous subdural empyema is a very rare complication of cerebral malaria that portends a very poor prognosis unless diagnosed and treated promptly. We report a case of spontaneous subdural empyema in a 58-year-old woman from Tanzania who presented with high-grade fever, decreased urine output, and altered sensorium.
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spelling pubmed-50113022016-09-15 Spontaneous Subdural Empyema Following a High-Parasitemia Falciparum Infection in a 58-Year-Old Female From a Malaria-Endemic Region: A Case Report Pallangyo, Pedro Lyimo, Frederick Nicholaus, Paulina Kain, Ulimbakisya Janabi, Mohamed J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep Case Report Malaria remains a significant public health problem of the tropical world. Falciparum malaria is most prevalent in the sub-Saharan African region, which harbors about 90% of all malaria cases and fatalities globally. Infection by the falciparum species often manifests with a spectrum of multi-organ complications (eg, cerebral malaria), some of which are life-threatening. Spontaneous subdural empyema is a very rare complication of cerebral malaria that portends a very poor prognosis unless diagnosed and treated promptly. We report a case of spontaneous subdural empyema in a 58-year-old woman from Tanzania who presented with high-grade fever, decreased urine output, and altered sensorium. SAGE Publications 2016-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5011302/ /pubmed/27635411 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709616666567 Text en © 2016 American Federation for Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Pallangyo, Pedro
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Spontaneous Subdural Empyema Following a High-Parasitemia Falciparum Infection in a 58-Year-Old Female From a Malaria-Endemic Region: A Case Report
title Spontaneous Subdural Empyema Following a High-Parasitemia Falciparum Infection in a 58-Year-Old Female From a Malaria-Endemic Region: A Case Report
title_full Spontaneous Subdural Empyema Following a High-Parasitemia Falciparum Infection in a 58-Year-Old Female From a Malaria-Endemic Region: A Case Report
title_fullStr Spontaneous Subdural Empyema Following a High-Parasitemia Falciparum Infection in a 58-Year-Old Female From a Malaria-Endemic Region: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous Subdural Empyema Following a High-Parasitemia Falciparum Infection in a 58-Year-Old Female From a Malaria-Endemic Region: A Case Report
title_short Spontaneous Subdural Empyema Following a High-Parasitemia Falciparum Infection in a 58-Year-Old Female From a Malaria-Endemic Region: A Case Report
title_sort spontaneous subdural empyema following a high-parasitemia falciparum infection in a 58-year-old female from a malaria-endemic region: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5011302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27635411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709616666567
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