Ugeskrift for Laeger
Volume 171, Issue 38, 2009

Gastrointestinal symptoms predominant in refugee children with malaria [Primært gastrointestinale symptomer ved malaria hos flygtningebørn] (Article)

St-Martin G.* , Thusgaard M. , Simonsen H.M. , Højbjerg T.
  • a Aalborg Sygehus, Klinisk Mikrobiologisk Afdeling, Denmark
  • b Aalborg Sygehus, Klinisk Mikrobiologisk Afdeling, Denmark
  • c Aalborg Sygehus, Klinisk Mikrobiologisk Afdeling, Denmark
  • d Aalborg Sygehus, Klinisk Mikrobiologisk Afdeling, Denmark

Abstract

We present three cases of malaria in refugee children newly arrived from Sub-saharan Africa. Only one of the three children had fever and all had high parasite loads (2,5-14% parasitemia). Malaria is an important differential diagnosis in refugees from endemic areas, regardless of whether they present with fever.

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Index Keywords

gastrointestinal disease Denmark malaria falciparum case report preschool child Malaria, Falciparum differential diagnosis Child, Preschool Diagnosis, Differential refugee ethnology Article Gastrointestinal Diseases human Humans Refugees Sudan Child
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ISSN: 00415782
Original Language: Danish