Human African Trypanosomiasis – A rare case report from India

A young female patient from Ahmedabad city presented with acute febrile illness and bicytopenia (leukopenia and thrombocytopenia). She returned to India after recent visit to East Africa. Human African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping sickness) was diagnosed by identification of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesie...

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Published inIndian journal of medical microbiology Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 169 - 171
Main Authors Shah, Vipul V., Patel, Vipul M., Vyas, Pultsya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier B.V 01.01.2022
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Animals
Female
Fever
Human African Trypanosomiasis
Humans
India
Sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
Trypanosomiasis, African - diagnosis
Trypanosomiasis, African - drug therapy
India
Human African Trypanosomiasis
Sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
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Summary:A young female patient from Ahmedabad city presented with acute febrile illness and bicytopenia (leukopenia and thrombocytopenia). She returned to India after recent visit to East Africa. Human African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping sickness) was diagnosed by identification of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in peripheral blood smear. She treated successfully with suramin. In India, we account this as second case of HAT after first report before 18 years in the published literature.
ISSN:0255-0857
1998-3646
DOI:10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.06.012