Imported Brucellosis associated with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a traveler returning from the tropics.
We report a microbiologically confirmed case of Brucella melitensis and Plasmodium falciparum malaria coinfection in a febrile traveler returning from Chad, Africa. The patient had been doing veterinary research in rural Chad; during that time she took no antimalarial chemoprophylaxis. Our report highlights the importance of blood cultures as well as malaria smears in febrile travelers returning from the tropics.
Badiaga
Sékéné
S
Service d'Accueil des Urgences, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
Imbert
Guenièvre
G
La Scola
Bernard
B
Jean
Philippe
P
Delmont
Jean
J
Brouqui
Philippe
P
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D002596:Chad; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014195:Travel; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000962:Antimalarials