Typhoid fever vs. malaria in a febrile returning traveler: Typhomalaria revisited-An Oslerian perspective

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-69

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b   Gran, Arthur ^a,b   Munoz Gomez, Sigridh ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical lymphocytes; Eosinopenia; Ferritin; Lymphocytosis; Monocytosis; Relative bradycardia

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APATHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MONOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TYPHOID FEVER; URINE CULTURE; UROSEPSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875726301     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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