Chikungunya virus induced sudden sensorineural hearing loss
| Autor: | Isha Tyagi, Rajeev Kumar Kapila, Kranti Bhavana |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Fever Hearing loss viruses Hearing Loss Sensorineural Audiology Chikungunya fever medicine.disease_cause Virus parasitic diseases otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine Humans Chikungunya business.industry Alphavirus Infections virus diseases General Medicine Hearing Loss Sudden medicine.disease Otorhinolaryngology Sudden sensorineural hearing loss Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Sensorineural hearing loss Female medicine.symptom business Chikungunya virus Sudden onset |
| Zdroj: | International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology. 72(2) |
| ISSN: | 0165-5876 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study is to demonstrate the association of Chikungunya virus and sudden sensorineural hearing loss. In the case report described we had a case which developed sudden unilateral sensorineural hearing loss following chikungunya fever. A 15-year-old female presented to us with the complains of unilateral sudden onset of hearing loss following an episode of fever, arthralgia and rashes 1 month ago. At the time of these symptoms there were many cases of chikungunya fever in the city, three being in her locality. Clinically Chikungunya fever was suspected and a positive serological test further confirmed our diagnosis. The hearing loss could thus be attributed to Chikungunya virus. Viruses have always been implicated in causing sudden sensorineural hearing loss but Chikungunya virus as a cause has not been documented earlier making this case report a unique one. |
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