Chikungunya fever: Atypical and lethal cases in the Western hemisphere: A Venezuelan experience

IDCases

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 6-10

  Torres, Jaime R ^a   Leopoldo Codova G ^a   Castro, Julio S ^a   Rodríguez, Libsen ^b   Saravia, Víctor ^a   Arvelaez, Joanne ^c   Ríos Fabra, Antonio ^d   Longhi, María A ^d   Marcano, Melania ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad   (Venezuela)

^c Clínica RESCARVEN de Chuao   (Venezuela)

^d Policlinica Metropolitana   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chikungunya fever; Hemorrhagic fever; Severe; Western hemisphere

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE MB; CREATININE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROCALCITONIN; PROTHROMBIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOKINESIA; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSAL DRYNESS; NEUTROPHILIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84923028750     PISSN: 22142509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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