Lesson of the month: a psychiatric diagnosis overturned by a blood film

MeSH terms

• Antibodies, Protozoan / analysis
• Cerebrospinal Fluid / parasitology
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Humans
• Melarsoprol* / administration & dosage
• Melarsoprol* / adverse effects
• Mental Disorders* / diagnosis
• Mental Disorders* / etiology
• Middle Aged
• Parasitemia / diagnosis
• Paresthesia / chemically induced
• Spinal Puncture / methods
• Suramin* / administration & dosage
• Suramin* / adverse effects
• Treatment Outcome
• Trypanocidal Agents / administration & dosage
• Trypanocidal Agents / adverse effects
• Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense* / isolation & purification
• Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense* / pathogenicity
• Trypanosomiasis, African* / complications
• Trypanosomiasis, African* / diagnosis
• Trypanosomiasis, African* / drug therapy
• Trypanosomiasis, African* / parasitology
• Trypanosomiasis, African* / physiopathology
• Trypanosomiasis, African* / psychology