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[Sleeping sickness as an import pathology following a stay in Zaire]
D Buyse1, J Van den Ende, T Vervoort
1Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Antwerpen.
Acta Clinica Belgica
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
A 32-year-old Italian man developed fever and general malaise 3 weeks after arrival in Zaïre. Malaria was diagnosed by a thick blood film, but consequent treatment with quinine was unsuccessful. After repatriation, the diagnosis of early stage sleeping sickness was established. Treatment with eflornithine (Ornidyl) resulted in complete recovery.