Recrudescent plasmodium falciparum malaria after head trauma: a case report with novel clinical perspective
Shiwen Liu,
Xing Wang,
Qian Ni
et al.
Abstract:Malaria is a common infection disease in tropical regions, among which cerebral malaria caused by Plasmodium Falciparum remains an enormous threat. Recrudescence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria makes it hard to eliminate the disease of malaria. Many factors that can lead to immune suppression are believed to have the function of causing malaria recrudescence, but whether traumatic brain injury can trigger it remains unclear. Here we present a Plasmodium Falciparum malaria patient who had explicit traumatic br… Show more
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