Severe manifestations of chikungunya virus in critically ill patients during the 2013-2014 Caribbean outbreak

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-80

  Crosby, Laura ^a   Perreau, Caroline ^b   Madeux, Benjamin ^a   Cossic, Jeanne ^b   Armand, Christophe ^c   Herrmann Storke, Cécile ^c   Najioullah, Fatiha ^d   Valentino, Ruddy ^b   Thiéry, Guillaume ^a,e  

^a University Hospital of Pointe à Pitre

^b University Hospital of Fort de France

^c University hospital of Pointe à Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^d University Hospital of Fort de France   (Martinique)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES   (France)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Chikungunya; Encephalopathy; Guillain Barr syndrome; Intensive care; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN DEATH; CARIBBEAN; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; MYOCARDITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SHOCK; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; COMPLICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84973154404     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.05.010     Document Type: Article

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