Fever in a Soldier Returned from Afghanistan

A US soldier who returned from Iraq with nonhealing sores.

(See pages 1065–6 for Answer to Photo Quiz) Figure 1. Indurated lesions with central scale and posterior auricular adenopathy A previously healthy, 23-year-old US soldier was evacuated to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Wash-ington, D.C., for evaluation of nonhealing lesions on his neck (figure 1) and body. The patient had deployed with his unit to Iraq in April 2003 and first no...

Fever in a returned traveller from West Africa.

Fever in a returned French sailor.

Figure 1. Three Giemsa-stained smears (A, B, and C) of peripheral blood (original magnification, ϫ1000) A previously healthy 26-year-old French sailor presented to our hospital with a 5-day history of fever accompanied by chills. He reported having participated in a mission 6 months earlier that involved travel to Bombay, India; Abu-Dhabi, Saudi Ara-bia; Monbassa, Kenya; and Djibouti, Republic ...

A Case of Ancylostoma ceylanicum Infection Occurring in an Australian Soldier Returned from Solomon Islands

A 26-year-old male member of the Australian Defense Force presented with a history of central abdominal pain of 4 weeks duration and peripheral eosinophilia consistent with eosinophilic enteritis. Acute hookworm disease was diagnosed as the cause. Adult worms recovered from feces after therapy with albendazole were morphologically consistent with Ancylostoma ceylanicum. As the patient had been ...

Fever in returned travelers: results from the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network.

BACKGROUND Fever is a marker of potentially serious illness in returned travelers. Information about causes of fever, organized by geographic area and traveler characteristics, can facilitate timely, appropriate treatment and preventive measures. METHODS Using a large, multicenter database, we assessed how frequently fever is cited as a chief reason for seeking medical care among ill returned...