Severe Thrombotic Events Associated with Dengue Fever, Brazil

2012/09/21 by Paulo Sérgio Gonçalves da Costa, Geyza Machado Ribeiro, Cleber Soares Junior +2 · 38 citations
Medicine · #Dengue fever #Dengue hemorrhagic fever #Dengue virus #Immunology #Intensive care medicine #Internal medicine #Malaria Research and Control #Medicine #Mosquito-borne diseases and control #Thrombosis #Viral Infections and Vectors #Virology

paper · pdf · doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0692

published in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 87(4), 741-742 (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)

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Abstract

Dengue fever has been a major problem in hospital settings in Brazil for the past 15 years. The main concern has been the severe forms, i.e., dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. Hemorrhagic events of different degrees have also been a major concern. We report five cases of large vein thrombotic events associated with the acute phase of dengue fever, including a previously non-reported case of mesenteric vein thrombosis. Complications such as these could have been overlooked in the diagnosis of dengue fever, given that the major concern is the hemorrhagic event.

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