Infectious Disease Challenges in Immigrants From Tropical Countries

In today's mobile society, international travel and immigration are becoming increasingly more common. This poses an additional challenge to the clinician to expand the differential diagnosis to include diseases endemic to the area of travel. We present a case of malaria and tuberculosis in a 1...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2000-07, Vol.106 (1), p.e3-e3
Main Authors: Worley, Clyde Walter, Worley, Kimberly Ann, Kumar, P. Lucy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Africa
Diagnosis, Differential
Emigration and Immigration
Endemic Diseases
Humans
Liberia
Malaria, Vivax - diagnosis
Malaria, Vivax - epidemiology
Male
Pediatrics
Tropical Climate
Tuberculosis - diagnosis
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
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Summary:In today's mobile society, international travel and immigration are becoming increasingly more common. This poses an additional challenge to the clinician to expand the differential diagnosis to include diseases endemic to the area of travel. We present a case of malaria and tuberculosis in a 16-year-old African male immigrant. He had several encounters with the health care system for complaints of nonspecific symptoms for which he was treated with antibiotics without follow-up. Clinicians should take a complete history and expand their differential diagnosis to include diseases endemic to the country of origin and/or travel when treating an international patient. This not only will allow prompt treatment of the patient's condition but also will address public health concerns.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.106.1.e3