L'Her P, Vaylet F, Bonnet D
Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Percy, Clamart.
Rev Pneumol Clin. 1998 Dec;54(6):399-403.
Due to the increasingly widespread development of international exchanges, physicians, particularly pneumologists, working in metropolitan France may encounter patients with respiratory signs who have travelled or lived in tropical zones. In such cases, history taking, physical examination, imaging, bacteriological and parasitological explorations, pathology and immunology are all precious tools for diagnosis. All possible tropical diseases should be entertained, taking into account the geographical setting and the patient's lifestyle. The pneumologist must not forget that these exotic tropical diseases remain uncommon compared with cosmopolitan causes of lung disease: bacterial infections, tuberculosis, cancer.
由于国际交流日益广泛，在法国大都市工作的医生，尤其是肺病专家，可能会遇到有呼吸道症状且曾在热带地区旅行或居住过的患者。在这种情况下，病史采集、体格检查、影像学检查、细菌学和寄生虫学检查、病理学和免疫学检查都是宝贵的诊断工具。考虑到地理环境和患者的生活方式，应考虑所有可能的热带疾病。肺病专家不应忘记，与常见的肺部疾病病因（细菌感染、结核病、癌症）相比，这些外来的热带疾病仍然并不常见。
