Pandemic-related delay of falciparum malaria diagnosis in a traveller leading to cerebral malaria

Lorenz Schubert; Professor Majda M Thurnher; Professor Klaus Machold; Professor Selma Tobudic; Professor Stefan Winkler

doi:10.1093/jtm/taab159

Pandemic-related delay of falciparum malaria diagnosis in a traveller leading to cerebral malaria

J Travel Med. 2021 Dec 29;28(8):taab159. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab159.

Authors

Lorenz Schubert¹, Professor Majda M Thurnher², Professor Klaus Machold³, Professor Selma Tobudic¹, Professor Stefan Winkler¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
² Department for Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
³ Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.

Abstract

We report the case of a 29-year-old male in whom COVID-19 concerns led to a delayed diagnosis of falciparum malaria. The patient developed symptoms of cerebral malaria with cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum in magnetic resonance imaging.

Keywords: CLOCC; COVID-19; ICU; MRI; Plasmodium falciparum; artesunate/clindamycin.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antimalarials* / therapeutic use
COVID-19*
Humans
Malaria, Cerebral* / diagnosis
Malaria, Cerebral* / drug therapy
Malaria, Falciparum* / diagnosis
Malaria, Falciparum* / drug therapy
Male
Pandemics
Plasmodium falciparum
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

Antimalarials