Dual infection by chikungunya virus and other imported infectious agent in a traveller returning from India.
Chikungunya virus infection is a vector-borne self-limiting disease. Recent outbreaks in the Indian Ocean islands have drawn attention to the condition. Nevertheless, only a few reports of co-infection with other communicable agents have been reported. The case described now is of a traveller returning from India with concomitant documented chikungunya virus infection associated with systemic amoebiasis. This report highlights the multifaceted pathology that can be encountered with tropical infections.
Ezzedine
Khaled
K
Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Groupe hospitalier Pellegrin, University Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux F-33076, France. kezzedin@ulb.ac.be
Cazanave
Charles
C
Pistone
Thierry
T
Receveur
Marie-Catherine
MC
Neau
Didier
D
Ragnaud
Jean-Marie
JM
Malvy
Denis
D
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000818:Animals; D002646:Chikungunya virus; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D014195:Travel