Tropical Medicine and Health (Jun 2020)

A Japanese man with malaria tests negative for fever after spending 6 months in rural Kenya

  • Takashi Sugimoto,
  • Kensuke Takahashi,
  • Kosuke Matsui,
  • Masahito Asada,
  • Osamu Kaneko,
  • Koya Ariyoshi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00220-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 48, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Abstract A previously healthy Japanese man in his fifties was admitted to our hospital because of a recurrent fever after returning from Kenya and Madagascar. He was ambulant with a body temperature of 36.6 °C. His physical examination revealed normal except for tender hepatomegaly. The blood test results showed no apparent abnormality except thrombocytopenia and mild liver dysfunction. The rapid diagnostic test and Giemsa-stained blood film were repeatedly negative for malaria. Computed tomography scans of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis revealed no significantly abnormal findings.