Dengue fever with acute liver failure.

نویسندگان

  • B N Vinodh
  • C Bammigatti
  • Ashok Kumar
  • V Mittal
چکیده

A virus belonging to the Flaviviridae group causes dengue haemorrhagic fever. Dengue presenting as acute liver failure is rare. Dengue is endemic in India. The last epidemic of dengue occurred in Delhi in 2003. During this epidemic, 2185 confirmed cases of dengue were reported. Dengue virus serotypes 2 and 3 were responsible for this epidemic. A 19-yr-old male presented to our hospital with the complaints of fever for 12 days, during this epidemic. He was diagnosed as having dengue shock syndrome, stage IV with acute liver failure. He had primary dengue infection. He made complete recovery with supportive management.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of postgraduate medicine

دوره 51 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005