[Recurrent fever episodes in an African child: diagnostic difficulties of trypanosomiasis in France]. / Accès fébriles à répétition chez un enfant africain: difficultés diagnostiques d'une trypanosomiase en France.
Pediatrie
; 47(3): 179-83, 1992.
Article
en Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1319040
ABSTRACT
A young Angolian boy who had emigrated to France at the age of 2, presented with a long history of fever. Gambian Trypanosomiasis was diagnosed with peculiar aspects 1) evolution of adult sickness with a long hemolymphatic period (first stage) and a subacute worsening period with neurologic deficit and somnolence (second stage); 2) a possible post-transfusional contamination the young boy, born in South Angola, a nor-highly endemic area, was transfused at the age of 10 months with the blood of a donor who was subsequently treated for Trypanosomiasis; 3) a suppurating adenopathy; 4) a predominance of IgG within the hypergammaglobulinemia while IgM are the predominant immunoglobulins in this affection; 5) a hepatic toxicity of Difluoromethylornithine.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Tripanosomiasis Africana
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Fiebre
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
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Europa
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Pediatrie
Año:
1992
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia