Clinical and laboratory profiles of children with severe chikungunya infection
| Autor: | Francisca Lillyan Christyan Nunes Beserra, Gustavo Mesquita Oliveira, Tino Miro Aurélio Marques, Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias, Janete Romão dos Santos, Elizabeth De Francesco Daher, Robério Dias Leite, Evelyne Santana Girão, Roberto da Justa Pires Neto |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 52, Iss 0 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-9849 0037-8682 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0037-8682-0232-2018 |
| Popis: | Abstract INTRODUCTION: Chikungunya infection presents with distinct clinical features depending on the patient age group. METHODS: Medical records of children with positive IgM for the chikungunya virus who were hospitalized in a pediatric ward in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil were analyzed. RESULTS: Fourteen children with a median age of 4 months (36 days to 15 years) were included. All patients presented with fever persisting for an average of 5 days. The joints were involved in 6 (42.8%) children, and 8 (57.1%) children presented with bullous rash. CONCLUSIONS: Systemic involvement and atypical clinical manifestations characterize severe forms of chikungunya infection in children. |
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