Cerebrospinal trypanosomiasis masquerading as pulmonary infectious disease in a 1-year-old boy.
A 1-year-old boy with cerebrospinal trypanosomiasis presented with severe respiratory symptoms, hepatosplenomegaly and no neurological signs of trypanosomiasis. Agitation and high fever on the 2nd day in hospital prompted a lumbar puncture and trypanosomes were recovered from the cerebrospinal fluid.
Mbala
L
L
Department of Paediatrics, Hospital of I.M.E. Kimpese, Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo. c/o:ecc-dom@maf.org
Ngita
F
F
Tsita
J
J
Matumueni
P
P
D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D012423:Rural Health; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy