Cerebral Malaria in Spite of Peripheral Parasite Clearance in a Patient Treated with Atovaquone/proguanil
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Cerebral malaria, the most frequent complication of falciparum malaria, is usually predicted by an increased count of asexual parasites in peripheral blood. We report a case of a female returnee from Ghana who developed cerebral malaria in spite of parasite clearance in peripheral blood after therapy with atovaquone/proguanil.
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