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Christoph Stephan1, Gudrun Just-Nuebling, Stephan Fichtlscherer
1Zentrum der Inneren Medizin, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany. StephanC@hivcenter.de
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|August 28, 2002
Abstract:
We present the case of a patient who presented with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, generalized lymphadenopathy and serological evidence of African sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma gambiense). He made a full recovery after intravenous administration of eflornithine, a drug that is no longer distributed for antiparasitic indications for pharmacoeconomic reasons.