Anti-septin complex positive autoimmune encephalitis after severe falciparum malaria: a case report
To our knowledge, this is the first case of septin complex autoimmunity with encephalitis associated with PMNS. All physicians treating malaria patients should therefore be aware of this rare condition and consider extended autoimmune diagnostics if routine panels remain unremarkable.
Authors
- Merle Corty
- Johannes Wolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9669-0899)
- Harald Prüß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8283-7976)
- Sven Kalbitz
- Friederike A. Arlt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0112-8685)
- Christoph Lübbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6942-5785)
Institutions
- Klinikum St. Georg (DE)
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- University Hospital Leipzig (DE)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Leipzig University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Malaria Journal
- Published
- 2024-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-024-05207-3
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.74