Clinical and laboratory profiles of children with severe chikungunya infection

Clinical and laboratory profiles of children with severe chikungunya infection

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:...

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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Chikungunya vírus
Children
Infants
Atypical manifestations
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100635&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1678-9849

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