A Case of Malaria Predisposing to Salmonella Bacteremia in a Returning Traveler from Nigeria. (27th September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jakubowski, Robert; Steed, Lisa L.; Dorman, Susan E.; Marculescu, Camelia
• Other Names: Marra Alexandre R. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in infectious diseases. Volume 2018(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-09-27
• Subjects: Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Case studies -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases; Infectious Disease Medicine; Communicable diseases; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Case studies; Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1155/2018/8463417
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6625

Abstract

Abstract : 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.