• J Travel Med · Sep 2013

    Case Reports

    Asymptomatic Schistosoma haematobium infection in a traveler with negative urine microscopy and late seroconversion presumably linked to artemisinin.

    • Nicolás Martínez-Calle, Ignacio Pascual, Manuel Rubio, Rafael Carias, José Luis Del Pozo, and José Ramón Yuste.
    • Division of Infectious Diseases; Department of Internal Medicine.
    • J Travel Med. 2013 Sep 1; 20 (5): 326-8.

    AbstractWe describe a Schistosoma haematobium infection with asymptomatic eosinophilia, persistently negative urine microscopy, and late seroconversion (7.5 months) in a traveler returning from Mali. After initial negative parasitological tests, travel history led to diagnostic cystoscopy, allowing final diagnosis with urine microscopy after the bladder biopsy. The patient was successfully treated with praziquantel. Difficulties in making the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in asymptomatic returning travelers are discussed; we propose a trial treatment in these cases.© 2013 International Society of Travel Medicine.

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