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| Title |
Psychosis with paranoid delusions after a therapeutic dose of mefloquine: a case report
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, August 2006
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-5-74 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tuan M Tran, Joseph Browning, Mary L Dell |
| Abstract |
Convenient once-a-week dosing has made mefloquine a popular choice as malaria prophylaxis for travel to countries with chloroquine-resistant malaria. However, the increased use of mefloquine over the past decade has resulted in reports of rare, but severe, neuropsychiatric adverse reactions, such as anxiety, depression, hallucinations and psychosis. A direct causality between mefloquine and severe reactions among travelers has been partly confounded by factors associated with foreign travel and, in the case of therapeutic doses of mefloquine, the central nervous system manifestations of Plasmodium infection itself. The present case provides a unique natural history of mefloquine-induced neuropsychiatric toxicity and revisits its dose-dependent nature. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 14% |
| Canada | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 4 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 71% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 14% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 82 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 82 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 12 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 16 | 20% |
| Unknown | 22 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 27% |
| Psychology | 10 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 14 | 17% |
| Unknown | 24 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 September 2020.
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#1,977,440
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#346
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#3,870
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