Treatment and follow-up using microscopy and polymerase chain reaction in East African sleeping sickness: a case report

Autor:	J.J. Verweij, Martijn P. Bauer, L.M.A. Vingerhoets, E.A. Hamminga, Leo G. Visser
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	biology Suramin Trypanosoma brucei biology.organism_classification medicine.disease East African sleeping sickness Virology law.invention Geography law parasitic diseases Toxicity medicine Parasite hosting African trypanosomiasis medicine.symptom Polymerase chain reaction Chancre medicine.drug
Zdroj:	Grand Rounds. 11:12-16
ISSN:	1470-5206
DOI:	10.1102/1470-5206.2011.0003
Popis:	We report a case of East African trypanosomiasis in a 26-year-old traveler returning from Tanzania, including a series of pictures of the progression of the inoculation chancre. Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense-specific DNA was detected in the blood until 8 days after treatment. We hypothesize that the previously observed suramin toxicity may be an immunological response to parasite debris, produced as they are killed by the treatment.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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