A Japanese man with malaria tests negative for fever after spending 6 months in rural Kenya

Abstract A previously healthy Japanese man in his fifties was admitted to our hospital because of a recurrent fever after returning from Kenya and Madagascar. He was ambulant with a body temperature of 36.6 °C. His physical examination revealed normal except for tender hepatomegaly. The blood test r...

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Published in:Tropical Medicine and Health
Main Authors: Takashi Sugimoto, Kensuke Takahashi, Kosuke Matsui, Masahito Asada, Osamu Kaneko, Koya Ariyoshi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020
Subjects:
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00220-z
https://doaj.org/article/172e3b086ff74688a312228bd6de51cf
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Summary:Abstract A previously healthy Japanese man in his fifties was admitted to our hospital because of a recurrent fever after returning from Kenya and Madagascar. He was ambulant with a body temperature of 36.6 °C. His physical examination revealed normal except for tender hepatomegaly. The blood test results showed no apparent abnormality except thrombocytopenia and mild liver dysfunction. The rapid diagnostic test and Giemsa-stained blood film were repeatedly negative for malaria. Computed tomography scans of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis revealed no significantly abnormal findings.

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