Clinical experience of dengue fever in a regional teaching hospital in southern Taiwan

Journal of Internal Medicine of Taiwan

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 248-254

  Lo, Chi Hung ^a   Ben, Ren Jy ^a   Chen, Chaur Dong ^b   Hsueh, Chao Wen ^a   Feng, Nang Hsiung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY TEMPERATURE; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MYALGIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 67749142075     PISSN: 10167390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Centers for disease Control and Prevention. Dengue Branch(Feb 2& June 5,2005) Available at http://www.cdc.gove/ncidod/EID/vol9no4/02-0267 Accessed January 4, 2007.
2. Reinert JF, Harbach RE, Kitching IJ (2004). Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae), based on morphological characters of all life stages. Zool J Linn Soc 142: 289-368.
3. Gubler DJ. Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever. Clin Microbiol Rev 1998; 11: 480-496
4. Monath TP. Dengue: the risk to developed and developing countries. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1994; 91: 2395-2400
5. Centers for disease Control and Prevention. Dengue Branch. Available at http://www.cdc.gov.tw/file/
6. Anonymous. Dengue fever in the Taiwan area. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 1994; 10; Suppl: S131.
7. Chao DY, Lin TH, Hwang KP, Huang JH, Liu CC, King CC. 1998 dengue hemorrhagic fever epidemic in Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis 2004; 10: 552-554
8. Gubler DJ. Epidemic dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever as a public health, social and economic problem in the 21st century. Trends Microbiol 2002; 10: 100-103
9. Chen WJ, King CC, Chien LY, Chen SL, Fang AH. Changing prevalence of antibody to dengue virus in paired sera in the two years following an epidemic in Taiwan. Epidemiol Infect 1997; 119: 277-279
10. Howard CR. Dengue fever. In: Zuckerman AJ. Viral haemorrhagic fevers, perspectives in medical virology. 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier Co. 2005; 42-43
11. Senanayake S. Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever. J Aust Fam Physician 2006; 35: 609-612
12. Centers for disease Control and Prevention. Dengue Branch (Dec 31,2006 ) Available at http://www.cdc.gov.tw/file/39084-4262731482.pdf
13. Nimmannitya S. Clinical spectrum and management of dengue haemorrhagic fever. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1987; 18: 392-397
14. Kalaynarooj S, Vaughn DW, Nimmannitya S, et al. Early clinical and laboratory indicators of acute dengue illness. J Infect Dis 1997; 176: 313-321 (Pubitemid 27328752)
15. Wilder-Smith A, Schwartz E. Dengue in travelers. N Engl J Med 2005; 353: 924-932
16. Wittesjö B, Björnham A, Eitrem R. Relative bradycardia in infectious diseases. J Infect 1999; 39: 246-247
17. Kao CL, King CC, Chao DY, Wo HL, Chang GJ. Laboratory diagnosis of dengue virus infection. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2005; 38: 5-16.
18. Health and vital statistics, Taiwan area, ROC, 2000. Department of Health, Taiwan, ROC: 2001; 11: 348.
19. Riqau-Pérez JG, Clark GG, Gubler DJ, Reiter P, Sanders EJ, Vorndam AV. Dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever. Lancet 1998; 352: 971-977
20. Hunter A, Denman-Vitale S, Garzon L, Allen PJ, Schumann L. Global infections: Recognition, Management, and Prevention. J Nurse Pract 2007; 32: 34-42.
21. Wu KL, Changchien CS, Kuo CH, et al. Early abdominal sonographic findings in patients with dengue fever. J Clin Ultrasound 2004; 32: 386-388
22. Venkata Sai PM, Dev B, Krishnan R. Role of ultrasound in denfue fever. Br J Radiol 2005; 78: 416-418
23. Setiawan MW, Samsi TK, Pool TN, Sugianto D, Wulur H. Gall bladder wall thickening in dengue hemorrhagic fever: an ultrasonographic study. J Clin Ultrasound 1995; 23: 357-366
24. Wu KL, Changchien CS, Kuo CM, et al. Dengue fever with acute acalculos cholecystitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2003; 68: 657-660