Case Report

Psychotic Mania Associated with Mefloquine in a Bipolar Patient

A 63-year-old male patient with a history of bipolar I disorder presented to the emergency department in an acutely psychotic state. The patient had just returned from vacation in a malarial high-risk area and, as a result, had taken five weekly doses of mefloquine for prophylaxis. The patient’s bipolar disorder…

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Review Article

Social Consequence of Disease in the American South, 1900 – World War II

The early 20th century Southerner lived in a disease environment created by a confluence of poverty, climate and the legacy of slavery. A deadly trio of pellagra, hookworm and malaria enervated the poor Southerner-man, woman and child—creating a dull, weakened people ill equipped to prosper in the modern world. The…

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Expired CME Article

Malaria Primer for Clinicians in the United States

Though low, the incidence of malaria in the United States is not insignificant and can be the source of infection in febrile travelers returning from endemic areas. Clinicians practicing in the United States must have a basic understanding of the malaria life cycle and its treatments to properly diagnose and…

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