Journal: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo |
Database: | |
System number: | 000547828 |
ISSN: | 0036-4665 |
Authors: | Aguiar, Leonardo Antonio1 Oliveira Scussel, Ana Carolina de Morais1 Menezes, Jerônimo Coelho de1 Idaló, Priscila Barbosa1 Freitas, Lara Élida Guazzeli de1 Zago, Luzia Beatriz Ribeiro1 Oliveira, Cristina da Cunha Hueb Barata de1 Tavares, Naiara Clemente2 Oliveira, Edward José de2 Silva, Marcos Vinícius da1 Teixeira, Luciana de Almeida Silva1 |
Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Minas Gerais. Brasil 2Instituto René Rachou, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil |
Year: | 2022 |
Volumen: | 64 |
Country: | Brasil |
Language: | Inglés |
English abstract | Clinical similarities among viral diseases become even more relevant considering the current scenario, especially in Brazil, where there is a high incidence of these diseases and overlapping seasonality. We report the case of a patient with acute clinical manifestations composed of predominant respiratory symptoms and alveolar hemorrhage in which three etiologies (dengue, influenza and COVID-19) were investigated concomitantly. Only the diagnosis of dengue was confirmed. Then, the patient’s immunological profile in response to stimulation of mononuclear cells with dengue virus antigen was analyzed in an attempt to identify specific characteristics that could be associated with the clinical manifestation. |
Keyword: | Dengue, Pulmonary hemorrhage, Viral respiratory syndromes, SARS-COV-2 |
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