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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following Plasmodium vivax malaria

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A 24-year-old Japanese man showed neurological disturbances 2 weeks after complete recovery from Plasmodium vivax infection. Magnetic resonance (MR) images of the brain showed multiple high-intensity spotty lesions in the left cerebral cortex and subcortex. Cerebrospinal fluid examination, including polymerase chain reaction analysis for viruses, revealed no sign of active infection. Repeated blood smears were negative for malaria. We diagnosed acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) following Plasmodium vivax malaria from the clinical course and MR images. ADEM should be regarded as one of the neurological complications after malarial infection.

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases and Applied Immunology, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan

    Tomohiko Koibuchi, Tetsuya Nakamura & Aikichi Iwamoto

  2. Division of Infectious Diseases, Advanced Clinical Research Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Toshiyuki Miura, Tokiomi Endo, Hitomi Nakamura, Takashi Takahashi & Aikichi Iwamoto

  3. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

    Hye-Sook Kim & Yusuke Wataya

  4. Division of Neurology, Akasaka Sannou Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Kazushige Washizaki

  5. Division of Radiology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Kouki Yoshikawa

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  1. Tomohiko Koibuchi
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Koibuchi, T., Nakamura, T., Miura, T. et al. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following Plasmodium vivax malaria. J Infect Chemother 9, 254–256 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10156-003-0244-8

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