Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34394307›Full record

ArticleAfrican health sciences2021

Neurological manifestations following cured malaria: don't forget post-malaria neurological syndrome.

Foued Bellazreg, Dorsaf Slama, Nadia Ben Lasfar, Maha Abid, Houneida Zaghouani, Sana Rouis, Wissem Hachfi, Amel Letaief

Open access · diamondAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in African health sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Diagnosis of cerebral malaria: Tools to reduceFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
    Review
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Foued BellazregDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Farhat Hached University Hospital, 4000 Sousse, Tunisia.
Dorsaf SlamaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Farhat Hached University Hospital, 4000 Sousse, Tunisia.
Nadia Ben LasfarDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Farhat Hached University Hospital, 4000 Sousse, Tunisia.
Maha AbidDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Farhat Hached University Hospital, 4000 Sousse, Tunisia.
Houneida ZaghouaniDepartment of Radiology, Farhat Hached University Hospital, 4000 Sousse, Tunisia.
Sana RouisDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Farhat Hached University Hospital, 4000 Sousse, Tunisia.
Wissem HachfiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Farhat Hached University Hospital, 4000 Sousse, Tunisia.
Amel LetaiefDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Farhat Hached University Hospital, 4000 Sousse, Tunisia.
Hôpital Farhat Hached · TN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCerebral malaria which occurs during the active infection is the most common neurological complication of malaria. Other complications including post-malaria neurological syndrome (PMNS) can rarely occur following complete recovery from the disease. We report a case of post-malaria neurological syndrome in a Tunisian patient. CASE PRESENTATION: A 26-year-old Tunisian man with no past medical history was admitted in 2016 for a muscle weakness of the 4 limbs, seizures, tetraparesis and myoclonus which appeared after he returned from Côte d'Ivoire where he had been treated three weeks ago for

conclusionPMNS should be considered in patients with neurological symptoms occurring within two months of cured acute disease in which blood smears for malaria are negative and other etiologies have been ruled out. In most cases, the disease is self-limited while in severe cases corticosteroid therapy should be prescribed with favorable outcome.

Indexed as

AdultAntimalarialsBrainBrain DiseasesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalaria, FalciparumMaleMethylprednisoloneNervous System DiseasesNeuroimagingPlasmodium falciparumSyndromeTreatment OutcomeAntimalarialsMethylprednisolonecorticosteroidimmunologicPost-malaria neurological syndrome

Identifiers

PMID34394307
PMCPMC8356585
OpenAlexW3154004777

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.