Fortnightly Review: Evaluating fever in travellers returning from tropical countries

doi:10.1136/bmj.312.7036.953

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Atul Humar, fellow in infectious diseasesa,
Jay Keystone (jay.keystone{at}utoronto.ca), professor of medicinea

^a Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, ENG212, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4

Correspondence to: Professor Keystone.

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: ----------------------------------