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
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00220-z
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:172e3b086ff74688a312228bd6de51cf 2023-05-15T14:58:58+02:00 A Japanese man with malaria tests negative for fever after spending 6 months in rural Kenya Takashi Sugimoto Kensuke Takahashi Kosuke Matsui Masahito Asada Osamu Kaneko Koya Ariyoshi 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00220-z https://doaj.org/article/172e3b086ff74688a312228bd6de51cf EN eng BMC http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-020-00220-z https://doaj.org/toc/1349-4147 doi:10.1186/s41182-020-00220-z 1349-4147 https://doaj.org/article/172e3b086ff74688a312228bd6de51cf Tropical Medicine and Health, Vol 48, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2020) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00220-z 2022-12-31T00:14:35Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Tropical Medicine and Health 48 1
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Kensuke Takahashi
Kosuke Matsui
Masahito Asada
Osamu Kaneko
Koya Ariyoshi
A Japanese man with malaria tests negative for fever after spending 6 months in rural Kenya
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description 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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author Takashi Sugimoto
Kensuke Takahashi
Kosuke Matsui
Masahito Asada
Osamu Kaneko
Koya Ariyoshi
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Kensuke Takahashi
Kosuke Matsui
Masahito Asada
Osamu Kaneko
Koya Ariyoshi
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title A Japanese man with malaria tests negative for fever after spending 6 months in rural Kenya
title_short A Japanese man with malaria tests negative for fever after spending 6 months in rural Kenya
title_full A Japanese man with malaria tests negative for fever after spending 6 months in rural Kenya
title_fullStr A Japanese man with malaria tests negative for fever after spending 6 months in rural Kenya
title_full_unstemmed A Japanese man with malaria tests negative for fever after spending 6 months in rural Kenya
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