A Case of Mixed Infections in a Patient Presenting with Acute Febrile Illness in the Tropics

Concurrent infections with more than one etiological agent can result in an illness with overlapping symptoms, resulting in a situation where the diagnosis and management of such a patient could be challenging. We report a case of vivax malaria in a patient who was also serologically positive for le...

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Autores principales: Yong, L. S., Koh, K. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/562175
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spelling pubmed-36002192013-03-26 A Case of Mixed Infections in a Patient Presenting with Acute Febrile Illness in the Tropics Yong, L. S. Koh, K. C. Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Concurrent infections with more than one etiological agent can result in an illness with overlapping symptoms, resulting in a situation where the diagnosis and management of such a patient could be challenging. We report a case of vivax malaria in a patient who was also serologically positive for leptospirosis and dengue. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3600219/ /pubmed/23533853 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/562175 Text en Copyright © 2013 L. S. Yong and K. C. Koh. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A Case of Mixed Infections in a Patient Presenting with Acute Febrile Illness in the Tropics
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