Thrombocytopenia in Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

Persistent thrombocytopenia in dengue hemorrhagic fever.

A five-year-old previously healthy, male child from Hubli presented with confirmed dengue hemorrhagic fever on seventh day of illness. At admission, his total leucocyte count was 8500/cmm, hematocrit 40% and platelet count 50,000/cmm. Liver function test was normal. There was no proteinuria or hematuria. On Day 3 of admission, he developed acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS) and was venti...

Persistent thrombocytopenia after Dengue hemorrhagic fever.

A 9-month-old boy presented with history of high grade fever for five days, hypotension, soft hepatomegaly and malena. Investigations revealed a hematocrit of 53.4% and platelet count of 58,000 per cubic mm. DHF was confirmed serologically by dengue specific IgM and IgG antibodies by ELISA test. The child recovered in 10 days; however, thrombocytopenia persisted (platelet count: 12,000/mm3). A ...

Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Continued geographic expansion of dengue viruses and their mosquito vectors has seen the magnitude and frequency of epidemic dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever (DF/DHF) increase dramatically. More than 200,000,000 infections and over 2 million cases of DHF occur annually, and dengue is one of the most important emerging tropical diseases in the world. Its dramatically increased incidence and geogr...

Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Dengue fever, a very old disease, has reemerged in the past 20 years with an expanded geographic distribution of both the viruses and the mosquito vectors, increased epidemic activity, the development of hyperendemicity (the cocirculation of multiple serotypes), and the emergence of dengue hemorrhagic fever in new geographic regions. In 1998 this mosquito-borne disease is the most important tro...