[Uveo-meningitis revealing a West African trypanosomiasis in a 12-year-old girl].
The case of a 12 year-old European girl who lived in Senegal for 9 months and who presented with Western-African trypanosomiasis is reported. The diagnosis was made because of the occurrence of uveomeningitis following progressive alteration of her general condition. A favorable outcome was observed after two intravenous courses of Eflornithine (difluoromethylornithine, DFMO).
Buissonnière
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RF
Clinique de Pédiatrie, Hôpital St-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris.
De Boissieu
D
D
Tell
G
G
Bursztyn
J
J
Belliot
P
P
Ponsot
G
G
D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D000518:Eflornithine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014347:Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014605:Uveitis / Q000209:etiology*
D000518:Eflornithine
Uvéo-méningite révélatrice d'une trypanosomiase "ouest-africaine" chez une enfant de 12 ans.