A Case of Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria Presentation.

Abstract:

:New York City is a multicultural city where people of different ethnicities and backgrounds from all over the world live together. Of the different ethnicities, it is home to a large population of Western African immigrants. This case report is that of an elderly female of Western African descent presenting to Lincoln Hospitals Emergency Department with fevers and fatigue.The patients travel history to Togo, along with her symptoms, resulted in a differential diagnosis which included Ebola as well as Malaria. New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene was contacted for further clarification of presence of Ebola in Togo. The present case report is meant to educate about the presentation, hospital course, and differential diagnoses of a patient traveling from Western Africa with fever and chills.

journal_name

Medicine (Baltimore)

journal_title

Medicine

authors

Salaria ON,Salaria SN,Basir R,Khaja M

doi

10.1097/MD.0000000000001415

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-08-01 00:00:00

pages

e1415

issue

34

eissn

0025-7974

issn

1536-5964

pii

00005792-201508040-00027

journal_volume

94

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