| Journal: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000290861 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Authors: | Mourao, Maria Paula Gomes1 Lacerda, Marcus Vinicius Guimaraes de2 Bastos, Michele de Souza3 Albuquerque, Bernardino Claudio de Alecrim, Wilson Duarte |
| Institutions: | 1Fundacao de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil 2Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil 3Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Season: | Dic |
| Volumen: | 8 |
| Number: | 6 |
| Pages: | 461-464 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | Dengue fever is the world's most important viral hemorrhagic fever disease, the most geographically wide-spread of the arthropod-born viruses, and it causes a wide clinical spectrum of disease. We report a case of dengue hemorrhagic fever complicated by acute hepatitis. The initial picture of classical dengue fever was followed by painful liver enlargement, vomiting, hematemesis, epistaxis and diarrhea. Severe liver injury was detected by laboratory investigation, according to a syndromic surveillance protocol, expressed in a self-limiting pattern and the patient had a complete recovery. The serological tests for hepatitis and yellow fever viruses were negative. MAC-ELISA for dengue was positive |
| Disciplines: | Biología, Medicina |
| Keyword: | Inmunología, Virus, Gastroenterología, Dengue, Dengue hemorrágico, Hepatitis |
| Keyword: | Biology, Medicine, Immunology, Virus, Gastroenterology, Dengue, Hemorrhagic dengue, Hepatitis |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
