Fortnightly Review: Evaluating fever in travellers returning from tropical countries
- 13 April 1996
- Vol. 312 (7036) , 953-956
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7036.953
Abstract
------------------------------------------- Summary points ------------------------- * Fever in the returned traveller may represent a tropical infection or an illness common to non-travellers such as pneumonia or urinary tract infection * Initial investigations include thick and thin blood films for malaria; a complete blood count; liver function tests; urine analysis; culture of blood, urine, and stool; and arbovirus serology: ----------------------------------Keywords
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