title: No fever, no malaria ? A diagnostic challenge in an immunocompromised patient.
abstract: We describe the case of an immunosuppressed women with proven malaria tropicana. Fever was not reported with this patient. We conclude that the concept of using fever as a primary surrogate indicator for the presence of malaria should be used with caution in patients with complex immunosuppression.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik GZO AG, Spital Wetzikon, Switzerland. Electronic address: sonja.gadient@bluewin.ch.
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gadient Hotz
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik GZO AG, Spital Wetzikon, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Dominic J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.affiliation: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaney
authors.affiliation: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014195:Travel
keywords: Fever; Immunosuppression; Malaria tropicana; Travel medicine