Human African Trypanosomiasis - A rare case report from India

Vipul V Shah; Vipul M Patel; Pultsya Vyas

doi:10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.06.012

Human African Trypanosomiasis - A rare case report from India

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2022 Jan-Mar;40(1):169-171. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.06.012. Epub 2021 Jul 5.

Authors

Vipul V Shah¹, Vipul M Patel², Pultsya Vyas³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Consultant at Healthcare Infectious Diseases Clinic (HIDC), 301, Sankalp Square 2, Near Jalaram Temple Crossing, Kalgi Cross Road, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad, 380006, India. Electronic address: drvipulshah@rediffmail.com.
² Infectious Diseases Consultant at Infectious Diseases Care Clinic, Ahmedabad, India. Electronic address: vipulkaminidr@yahoo.co.in.
³ Consultant Pathologist, Credence Pathology Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Electronic address: ph_vyas@yahoo.in.

PMID: 34238635
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.06.012

Abstract

A young female patient from Ahmedabad city presented with acute febrile illness and bicytopenia (leukopenia and thrombocytopenia). She returned to India after recent visit to East Africa. Human African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping sickness) was diagnosed by identification of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in peripheral blood smear. She treated successfully with suramin. In India, we account this as second case of HAT after first report before 18 years in the published literature.

Keywords: Human African Trypanosomiasis; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Fever
Humans
India
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
Trypanosomiasis, African* / diagnosis
Trypanosomiasis, African* / drug therapy