Clinical profile and outcome of hospitalized patients during first outbreak of dengue in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Khan, Nasim A ^a   Azhar, Esam I ^b   El Fiky, Suzan ^c   Madani, Hosam H ^d   Abuljadial, Maha A ^d   Ashshi, Ahmad M ^e   Turkistani, Abdulhafis M ^e   Hamouh, Esam A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c AL NOOR SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Jeddah Regional Laboratory   (Saudi Arabia)

^e HERA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Clinical symptoms; Complications; Dengue hemorrhagic fever; Dengue virus; Epidemiology; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATINE KINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEIZURE; SEROTYPE; SEX RATIO; SHOCK; SUPERINFECTION; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; DENGUE; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROTYPING; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASIA; EURASIA; MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 37249049462     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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