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Chikungunya virus infection with severe neurologic manifestations: report of fo...
Sá,Priscilla Karen de Oliveira; Nunes,Michaela de Miranda; Leite,Ingrid Ramalho; Campelo,Maria das Graças Loureiro das ChagasAbstract Here, we present four patients with confirmed Chikungunya virus infection showing atypical neurologic manifestations and death. This case series includes patients ranging in age from five to 92 years, with or without comorbidities. This report is important, as very few cases in the literature reporting death due to atypical Chikungunya virus infection are available.
Cardiac tamponade in a patient with severe dengue fever
Fernandes,Ana Isabel Vieira; Mendes,Ciro Leite; Simões,Raíssa Holmes; Silva,Ana Elisa Vieira Fernandes; Madruga,Clarissa BarrosAbstract A 26-year-old postpartum female presented with symptoms characteristic of dengue fever on the 16th day of puerperium. On the third day of the illness, the patient presented a clinical picture consistent with shock. Tests determined primary infection with dengue virus serotype 2. Cardiac tamponade was confirmed by echocardiography. This rare manifestation is described in a patient without any associated...