Dengue hemorrhagic fever and acute hepatitis: a case report



Título del documento: Dengue hemorrhagic fever and acute hepatitis: a case report
Revista: The brazilian journal of infectious diseases
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000290861
ISSN: 1413-8670
Autores: 1
2
3

Instituciones: 1Fundacao de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil
2Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil
3Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Dic
Volumen: 8
Número: 6
Paginación: 461-464
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Caso clínico
Resumen en inglés 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
Disciplinas: Biología,
Medicina
Palabras clave: Inmunología,
Virus,
Gastroenterología,
Dengue,
Dengue hemorrágico,
Hepatitis
Keyword: Biology,
Medicine,
Immunology,
Virus,
Gastroenterology,
Dengue,
Hemorrhagic dengue,
Hepatitis
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