Persistent headache and fever in a globe-trotting chef
A chef returns from working in Thailand with headache, fever and vomiting
Mai, a 51-year-old Thai chef and restaurant owner, presents with a five-day history of headache associated with fever, lethargy, nausea and vomiting.
Two days prior, she returned to Australia from Chiang Mai, Thailand, where she had been working in one of her restaurants for the past three months.
She has a past medical history of thalassaemia minor, takes no regular medications and has no known drug allergies.
She is usually very well and a non-smoker, with no history of drug or alcohol use and one sexual partner, her Australian husband, for the past 30 years.
