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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2005; 03(02): 107-108
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557252
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Compulsive behavior and coprolalia after cerebral malaria

Richard Idro
a   Departments of Pediatrics, Kampala, Uganda
,
Samuel Maling
b   Departments of Psychiatry, Kampala, Uganda
,
Justus Byarugaba
a   Departments of Pediatrics, Kampala, Uganda
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09. Juni 2004

03. November 2004

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29. Juli 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Neuro-pyschiatric symptoms such as chorea, tics, and obsessive-compulsive disorders have been documented with group A, beta-hemolytic Streptococcus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Herpes simplex infections, presumably through autoimmune damage to basal ganglia. No such association has previously been described with parasitic infections. We present a child who developed compulsive behavior and coprolalia after recovery from cerebral malaria.

Keywords

Compulsive disorder - coprolalia - cerebral malaria