Imported Brucellosis associated with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a traveler returning from the tropics

J Travel Med. 2005 Sep-Oct;12(5):282-4. doi: 10.2310/7060.2005.12508.

Abstract

We report a microbiologically confirmed case of Brucella melitensis and Plasmodium falciparum malaria coinfection in a febrile traveler returning from Chad, Africa. The patient had been doing veterinary research in rural Chad; during that time she took no antimalarial chemoprophylaxis. Our report highlights the importance of blood cultures as well as malaria smears in febrile travelers returning from the tropics.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Brucella melitensis / isolation & purification
  • Brucellosis / complications*
  • Brucellosis / diagnosis*
  • Brucellosis / drug therapy
  • Brucellosis / microbiology
  • Chad
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
  • Malaria / complications
  • Malaria / diagnosis
  • Malaria, Falciparum / complications*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / diagnosis*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Plasmodium falciparum / isolation & purification
  • Travel
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antimalarials