Sleeping sickness in brothers in london.
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.
Faust
Saul N
SN
Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, St. Mary's Campus, London, UK.
Woodrow
Charles J
CJ
Patel
Sanjay
S
Snape
Matthew
M
Chiodini
Peter L
PL
Tudor-Williams
Gareth
G
Hermione Lyall
E G
EG
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D035781:Siblings; D013498:Suramin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013636:Tanzania; D014195:Travel; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016833:Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*
D014344:Trypanocidal Agents; D013498:Suramin