A Case of Malaria Predisposing to Salmonella Bacteremia in a Returning Traveler from Nigeria
We describe a febrile adult returning to the U.S. from Nigeria. Malaria was diagnosed by rapid antigen testing, but recognition of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella disease was delayed. While the moniker, “typhomalaria,” once used to describe an illness with features of malaria and typhoid fever, has...
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| author | Robert Jakubowski Lisa L. Steed Susan E. Dorman Camelia Marculescu |
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| description | We describe a febrile adult returning to the U.S. from Nigeria. Malaria was diagnosed by rapid antigen testing, but recognition of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella disease was delayed. While the moniker, “typhomalaria,” once used to describe an illness with features of malaria and typhoid fever, has fallen out of favor, it may nevertheless be a helpful reminder to clinicians that both infectious diseases can arise in the same patient. Blood cultures should be obtained routinely in febrile returning travelers from malaria-endemic regions, including those in whom the diagnosis of malaria has already been established. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c9f815683601480fadc8e3da9846a0bb2025-02-03T06:00:45ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332018-01-01201810.1155/2018/84634178463417A Case of Malaria Predisposing to Salmonella Bacteremia in a Returning Traveler from NigeriaRobert Jakubowski0Lisa L. Steed1Susan E. Dorman2Camelia Marculescu3Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 135 Rutledge Avenue, MSC 752, Charleston, SC, USADepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, MSC 908, Charleston, SC, USADivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 135 Rutledge Avenue, MSC 752, Charleston, SC, USADivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 135 Rutledge Avenue, MSC 752, Charleston, SC, USAWe describe a febrile adult returning to the U.S. from Nigeria. Malaria was diagnosed by rapid antigen testing, but recognition of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella disease was delayed. While the moniker, “typhomalaria,” once used to describe an illness with features of malaria and typhoid fever, has fallen out of favor, it may nevertheless be a helpful reminder to clinicians that both infectious diseases can arise in the same patient. Blood cultures should be obtained routinely in febrile returning travelers from malaria-endemic regions, including those in whom the diagnosis of malaria has already been established.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8463417 |
| spellingShingle | Robert Jakubowski Lisa L. Steed Susan E. Dorman Camelia Marculescu A Case of Malaria Predisposing to Salmonella Bacteremia in a Returning Traveler from Nigeria Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | A Case of Malaria Predisposing to Salmonella Bacteremia in a Returning Traveler from Nigeria |
| title_full | A Case of Malaria Predisposing to Salmonella Bacteremia in a Returning Traveler from Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | A Case of Malaria Predisposing to Salmonella Bacteremia in a Returning Traveler from Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Malaria Predisposing to Salmonella Bacteremia in a Returning Traveler from Nigeria |
| title_short | A Case of Malaria Predisposing to Salmonella Bacteremia in a Returning Traveler from Nigeria |
| title_sort | case of malaria predisposing to salmonella bacteremia in a returning traveler from nigeria |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8463417 |
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