| Autor: |
Natalia Schlabritz-Lutsevich, James Maher, Hanna Kodeih |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
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| Zdroj: |
The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles. 7:47-52 |
| ISSN: |
2325-9205 |
| DOI: |
10.12746/swrccc.v7i28.545 |
| Popis: |
Travel associated infectious disease, such as malaria, should be considered in returningtravelers from an endemic area presenting with fever. Malaria in pregnancy has a high maternaland fetal morbidity and mortality burden. Early diagnosis is essential to improve maternal andfetal outcomes by providing maternal supportive measures and anti-malarial medication.We present a patient with severe acute febrile illness with mental status changes at 32 weeksgestation. She became acutely symptomatic including high grade fever while visiting WestTexas from Nigeria. Despite initial diagnostic uncertainty, a multidisciplinary team successfullydiagnosed and treated her severe malaria. She delivered at term with no long lasting maternal orfetal sequelae from her malarial infection. In an age of globalization, travel associated infectiousdiseases should be considered in the differential of acute febrile illness in pregnant women. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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