Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
Volume 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 731-733

Fever and urticaria in an African refugee (Article)

Shorter D. , Makone I. , Elliott E.J.*
  • a Children's Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • b Children's Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • c Children's Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, C/o the Children's Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia

Abstract

An 11-year-old African refugee presented with fever and urticaria commencing 2-h after taking praziquantel. He had been well previously, and the praziquantel was given to treat a serological diagnosis of schistosomiasis. The main differential diagnosis was between acute schistosomiasis and a drug reaction. © 2006 The Authors.

Author Keywords

Schistosoma mansoni Parasitology praziquantel Schistosomiasis

Index Keywords

urticaria differential diagnosis refugee vomiting Australia Anthelmintics abdominal pain human Refugees Herxheimer reaction priority journal Animals Congo African American school child Humans male case report Schistosoma mansoni Africa serodiagnosis diarrhea New South Wales Article fever schistosomiasis praziquantel computer assisted tomography disease severity Child
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00960.x
ISSN: 10344810
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English