Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra
Volume 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-153

Imported infectious diseases in fever of unknown origin in migrant children: 2 cases [Patología infecciosa importada en síndrome febril de origen desconocido en niño inmigrante: 2 casos] (Article)

Ruiz Goikoetxea M.* , Urabayen R. , Herranz M. , Moreno L. , Gil F.J. , Bernaola E.
  • a Servicio de Pediatría, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Spain
  • b Servicio de Pediatría, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Spain
  • c Servicio de Pediatría, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Spain
  • d Servicio de Pediatría, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Spain
  • e Servicio de Pediatría, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Spain
  • f Servicio de Pediatría, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Spain

Abstract

The increase in migratory movements has increased the incidence of infectious diseases that were infrequent in our setting. In the presence of fever in children from endemic areas, imported infectious diseases must be ruled out in the first place. We present two cases of typhoid fever in immigrant children, recently diagnosed in our centre. Both from countries with a high prevalence of the disease were admitted for study of fever of unknown origin. The two patients had been living in our country for less than one month. Isolation of the gram-negative bacillus in the blood cultures provided the key for reaching the etiological diagnosis. In both cases endovenous antibiotherapy was established and both the blood cultures and stools became negative before discharge. At present the two children are free of the disease.

Author Keywords

Fever of unknown origin Immigrant Typhoid fever Children Salmonella enteric

Index Keywords

immigrant bacterium isolation pyrexia idiopathica human typhoid fever Humans blood culture Adolescent Fever of Unknown Origin male case report female Child, Preschool Article antibiotic therapy migration infection Transients and Migrants Child
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ISSN: 11376627
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English; Spanish