Kalsoom Shahzad
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Kalsoom Shahzad has a total of 7 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Amanda Hempel
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
1 shared publication - Andrea K. Boggild
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H2, Canada
1 shared publication - Charlotte Fuller
Degroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
1 shared publication - Dileesha Fernando
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3K3, Canada
1 shared publication - Ezra Bado
Tropical Disease Unit, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada
1 shared publication - Judith Joshi
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3K3, Canada
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
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Acute Rickettsiosis Triggering Plasmodium vivax Relapse in a Returned Traveler: A Case Report and Clinical Review of Travel-Related Coinfections
Given the overlap of epidemiological and clinical presentations of both rickettsioses and malaria infections, diagnostic testing where malaria is confirmed or excluded, without subsequent rickettsial testing, specifically in the case of Plasmodium vivax or P. ovale infection, may mask the possibility of relapse. A lack of clinical suspicion of co-infections, absence of knowledge on the geographic distribution of diseases, and lack of availability of point-of-care diagnostic testing for other tropical diseases can often lead to missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis of common tropical infections, including rickettsioses. We herein describe a case of confirmed intercurrent rickettsial and P. vivax infection, with the former potentially triggering a relapse of the latter in a febrile traveler returning to Canada from South America, and review the literature on tropical coinfections in returning travelers.
Open AccessAcute Rickettsiosis Triggering Plasmodium vivax Relapse in a Returned Traveler: A Case Report and Clinical Review of Travel-Related Coinfections
Given the overlap of epidemiological and clinical presentations of both rickettsioses and malaria infections, diagnostic testing where malaria is confirmed or excluded, without subsequent rickettsial testing, specifically in the case of Plasmodium vivax or P. ovale infection, may mask the possibility of relapse. A lack of clinical suspicion of co-infections, absence of knowledge on the geographic distribution of diseases, and lack of availability of point-of-care diagnostic testing for other tropical diseases can often lead to missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis of common tropical infections, including rickettsioses. We herein describe a case of confirmed intercurrent rickettsial and P. vivax infection, with the former potentially triggering a relapse of the latter in a febrile traveler returning to Canada from South America, and review the literature on tropical coinfections in returning travelers.