Fever of Unknown Origin: Don’t Forget Kala-Azar Even in Europe

Autor: Javier Moreno Díaz, David De las Cuevas León, Ana Martinez González, Rebeca Rubio Escuin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 2 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2284-2594
DOI: 10.12890/2017_000772
Popis: We present the case of a 70-year-old male patient with fever of unknown origin after a long period of convalescence from a previous admission to a chronic care hospital. During the admission, multiple combinations of antibiotic and antifungal treatments were prescribed, but with persistent fever and, eventually, neutropenia (200 lymphocytes, 0 neutrophils). Given the suspicion of infection at bone marrow level, a biopsy was performed as was serology of Leishmania, both diagnostic determinations. Treatment with amphotericin B liposomal resulted in a good outcome.
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