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Neglected etiologies of prolonged febrile illnesses in tropical and subtropical regions: A systematic review.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
June 2024
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders, Geneva, Switzerland.
Article Synopsis
- Febrile illnesses that persist despite initial treatment are a common issue in low-resource subtropical settings, often caused by infectious diseases that are neglected and have limited diagnostic options.
- A systematic review was conducted across 196 articles from various countries in Africa, Asia, and Central/South America, focusing on "prolonged fevers" in adults and children while excluding well-known diseases like malaria and TB.
- Among the neglected diseases identified, rickettsioses and relapsing fever borreliosis were the most common causes reported, particularly in Eastern Africa, along with other diseases such as brucellosis and leishmaniasis.
Acute Abdominal Pain and Rapidly Accumulating Ascites as an Unusual Presentation of Salmonella Typhi: A Case Report.
Cureus
May 2024
College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, SAU.
() infections typically present with fever and gastrointestinal symptoms. This case report on enteritis documents atypical clinical, radiological, and endoscopic findings raising diagnostic challenges. A 31-year-old male in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) presented with severe abdominal pain, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, and no fever.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA systematic review of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Myanmar.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
November 2023
Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Background: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect most impoverished communities in developing countries, like Myanmar in Southeast Asia. NTDs have been understudied and underreported in Myanmar.
Methods: A systematic review of published and grey literature (1900-2023) on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Myanmar was conducted.
Prevalence of Blastocystis and Dientamoeba fragilis in diarrheal patients in Corum, Türkiye.
Parasitol Res
December 2023
Division of Medical Parasitology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
Article Synopsis
- A study investigated Blastocystis and Dientamoeba fragilis prevalence in 92 diarrhea patients and 50 healthy individuals in Corum, Türkiye, revealing a 24.6% total prevalence of Blastocystis, more common in healthy subjects (30.0%).
- The study identified common subtypes of Blastocystis, with ST3 being the most prevalent, particularly in individuals aged 40-59 years, while D. fragilis was found in 8.4% of participants without significant differences between the two groups.
- Co-infection rates were high at 58.3%, more frequent in healthy individuals, and other pathogens like Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia
Anti-infective treatment of gastro-intestinal tract infections in children.
Infect Dis Now
November 2023
Service de Gastro-entérologie Pédiatrique - Hôpital Robert-Debré - AP-HP, France.
Gastroenteritis is most often viral in origin and Rotavirus and Norovirus most frequently implicated in young children. Stool-based multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) can detect bacteria, viruses or parasites that may or may not be responsible for gastroenteritis (colonization). While the etiological profile of these digestive infections has greatly benefited from PCR, in the absence of underlying pathologies the presence of potential pathogens does not justify anti-infectious treatment.
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