Age, years, median (range) | 33 (22–54) |
Male sex | 24 (83) |
History of travel to the tropics | 25 (86) |
Time between travel and symptom onset, median (range) | 28 weeks (1 day to 14 years) |
Duration of symptoms before diagnosis, days, median (range) | 14 (2–271) |
Region of travel | |
South Asia | 10 (40) |
North Africa or Middle East | 3 (12) |
South America | 3 (12) |
Central America or Carribean | 3 (12) |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 (12) |
Southeast Asia | 1 (4) |
Pacific Islands | 1 (4) |
Symptoms at presentation | |
Fever | 26 (90) |
Anorexia | 19 (66) |
Abdominal pain | 16 (55) |
Weight loss | 14 (48) |
Right chest pain | 12 (41) |
Diarrhea or dysentery | 11 (38) |
Signs at presentation | |
Fever | 23 (79) |
Right upper quadrant tenderness | 22 (76) |
Epigastric tenderness | 15 (52) |
Right basilar lung signs | 8 (28) |
Icterus | 7 (24) |
Diagnostics | |
Stool trophozoite seen | 7 (24) |
Serology positive | 27 (93) |
Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated