Sleeping sickness in brothers in london

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2004 Sep;23(9):879-81. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000137587.80399.3b.

Abstract

Brothers 9 and 14 years of age presented in London with fever and skin lesions after a safari in East Africa. Malaria films were negative, but trypanosomes were seen in blood films and chancre fluid. Sleeping sickness should be considered in children returning from East Africa.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Animals
  • Child
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Leg Ulcer / pathology
  • Leg Ulcer / therapy
  • London
  • Male
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Siblings
  • Suramin / administration & dosage*
  • Tanzania
  • Travel*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Trypanocidal Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense / isolation & purification*
  • Trypanosomiasis, African / diagnosis*
  • Trypanosomiasis, African / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Trypanocidal Agents
  • Suramin