Prolonged intermittent fever and massive splenomegaly in a miner working in the tropical jungle, China

Prolonged fever is a particular challenge. A 47-year-old man with 5-year intermittent fever and remarkable splenomegaly was diagnosed as chronic melioidosis after splenectomy. The case would help clinicians to raise awareness and include chronic melioidosis in the differential diagnosis for patients...

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Autores principales: Liu, Yanbin, Zong, Zhiyong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7347091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32644997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008278
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description Prolonged fever is a particular challenge. A 47-year-old man with 5-year intermittent fever and remarkable splenomegaly was diagnosed as chronic melioidosis after splenectomy. The case would help clinicians to raise awareness and include chronic melioidosis in the differential diagnosis for patients with the travel history in melioidosis endemic regions.
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spelling pubmed-73470912020-07-17 Prolonged intermittent fever and massive splenomegaly in a miner working in the tropical jungle, China Liu, Yanbin Zong, Zhiyong PLoS Negl Trop Dis Symposium Prolonged fever is a particular challenge. A 47-year-old man with 5-year intermittent fever and remarkable splenomegaly was diagnosed as chronic melioidosis after splenectomy. The case would help clinicians to raise awareness and include chronic melioidosis in the differential diagnosis for patients with the travel history in melioidosis endemic regions. Public Library of Science 2020-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7347091/ /pubmed/32644997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008278 Text en © 2020 Liu, Zong http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Prolonged intermittent fever and massive splenomegaly in a miner working in the tropical jungle, China
title_full Prolonged intermittent fever and massive splenomegaly in a miner working in the tropical jungle, China
title_fullStr Prolonged intermittent fever and massive splenomegaly in a miner working in the tropical jungle, China
title_full_unstemmed Prolonged intermittent fever and massive splenomegaly in a miner working in the tropical jungle, China
title_short Prolonged intermittent fever and massive splenomegaly in a miner working in the tropical jungle, China
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7347091/
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