African trypanosomiasis in two short-term Australian travelers to Malawi

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-377

  Darby, Jonathan D ^a   Huber, Martin G P ^b   Sieling, Willi L ^c   Spelman, Denis W ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Family Health Clinic   (Malawi)

^c Pretoria Gynaecological Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; HALOFANTRINE; SURAMIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EDEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; INTENSIVE CARE; JAUNDICE; LETHARGY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; RASH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RIGOR; SOUTH AFRICA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TSETSE FLY; URINE CULTURE; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; SURAMIN; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 53749096338     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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