Imported diseases in travellers presenting to the emergency department after a stay in a malaria-endemic country: a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to investigate the aetiology and outcomes of illnesses in patients presenting to an emergency department after travelling to a malaria-endemic country, in order to raise awareness of both tropical and cosmopolitan diseases.

Methods

A retrospective chart review was performed for all patients who underwent blood smear testing for malaria at the Emergency Department of the University Hospitals Leuven from 2017 to 2020. Patient characteristics, results of laboratory and radiological examinations, diagnoses, disease course and outcome were collected and analysed.

Results

A total of 253 patients were included in the study. The majority of ill travellers returned from Sub-Saharan Africa (68.4%) and Southeast Asia (19.4%). Their diagnoses fell into three m

SUBMITTER: Desmet S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9939251 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature