[An infant with 5 weeks of fever of unknown origin and a reasonably good clinical condition; leishmaniasis].
In a Dutch infant, aged 10 months, with fever of unknown origin for 5 weeks and a relatively good clinical condition splenomegaly was present. Visceral leishmaniasis was diagnosed. The parasite is found in (sub)tropical regions and had in this case been acquired in Southern Spain. Epidemiology, clinical symptoms, diagnostic procedures and therapy are discussed.
Wijburg
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Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Nijmegen.
van Wieringen
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van der Zee
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D000818:Animals; D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007891:Leishmania / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate
Een zuigeling met vijf weken febris e causa ignota en een redelijk goede klinische conditie; leishmaniasis.