[Fever and right upper abdominal pain in a 26-year-old returning from travel abroad]. / Fieber und rechtsseitige Oberbauchschmerzen bei einem 26-jährigen Reiserückkehrer.

Persistent fever and unspecific general symptoms need a complete and detailed medical history and search for infection. We report on a case of amebiasis with liver abscesses of a 26-year-old man. He had stayed several weeks in India and South America. After being free of complaints for 4 months, unspecific general symptoms and fever appeared. Due to proven liver abscesses, a combination treatment was given. Within 12 days, he was free of symptoms and could be discharged.

[Fever, leg swelling, coughing, and left upper quadrant pain in a 19-year-old woman]. / Fieber, Unterschenkelschwellung, Husten und linksseitige Oberbauchschmerzen bei einer 19-jährigen Patientin.

Persistent fever and unspecific general symptoms need a complete and thorough medical history and search for infection. We report on a case of brucellosis (Malta fever) with involvement of organs in a 19-year-old woman. She had previously lived on a farm in Portugal for several weeks, where she had consumed self-produced goat cheese. After a latency period of several months, unspecific general symptoms, fever, monarthritis, an increase of transaminases, and a newly diagnosed cardiac murmur became apparent. After the serologic and cultural proof of brucellosis, the patient underwent an antibiotic combination therapy. Within 20 days she was free of symptoms and could be released.