Travel Medicine Flashcards

1
Q

Ix for fever in a returned traveller

A
FBC 
Thick and thin malaria films
LFTs
Blood/stool cultures
Urinalysis and culture
Serum arbovirus/rickettsial
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2
Q

Most common malaria species

A

Plasmodium falciparum

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3
Q

Common illnesses in the returned traveller

A
Malaria 
Dengue
Mononucleosis (due to Epstein-Barr
virus or cytomegalovirus)
Respiratory infections e.g. influenza types
Rickettsial infection
Salmonella typhi or S. paratyphi
infection
Hepatitis A
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