1. [Sleeping sickness as an import pathology following a stay in Zaire].
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Buyse D, Van den Ende J, Vervoort T, and Van den Enden E
- Subjects
- Adult, Animals, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eflornithine therapeutic use, Humans, Male, Travel, Trypanocidal Agents therapeutic use, Trypanosomiasis, African drug therapy, Trypanosomiasis, African transmission, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense isolation & purification, Trypanosomiasis, African parasitology
- Abstract
A 32-year-old Italian man developed fever and general malaise 3 weeks after arrival in Zaïre. Malaria was diagnosed by a thick blood film, but consequent treatment with quinine was unsuccessful. After repatriation, the diagnosis of early stage sleeping sickness was established. Treatment with eflornithine (Ornidyl) resulted in complete recovery.
- Published
- 1996
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