Pyrexia of Foreign Origin: Exploring the Impact of Travel History
Justin Kadamala Samuel, Sukhvinder S Digpal, Farzia Tanzum · 2024
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Description
A fever after foreign travel can hide a killer, as Justin Kadamala Samuel, Sukhvinder Digpal, and Farzia Tanzum show in a case report. A twenty-four-year-old woman collapsed at a British train station after a week of fever, malaise, and stomach trouble. Fluids and fever drugs steadied her, and her blood showed normal haemoglobin but strikingly few platelets, sending doctors toward sepsis or an immune platelet disorder.
Only on the ward did the key fact surface: a month-long trip to Nigeria. A malaria screen came back positive for the deadliest species, and intravenous treatment began, later switching to tablets as films confirmed the diagnosis. Her platelets and inflammation normalised. The authors hammer the lesson: ask about travel, and suspect malaria in any febrile returning traveller.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Justin Kadamala Samuel, Sukhvinder S Digpal, Farzia Tanzum |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |