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J Schmidt-Chanasit1, K Tenner-Racz, D Poppert, P Emmerich, C Frank, C Dinges, R Penning, A Nerlich, P Racz, S Günther.
Abstract
Dengue virus (DENV) is an arthropod-borne virus (family Flaviviridae) causing dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever. Here, we report the first fatal DENV infection imported into Germany. A female traveler was hospitalized with fever and abdominal pain after returning from Ecuador. Due to a suspected acute acalculous cholecystitis, cholecystectomy was performed. After cholecystectomy, severe spontaneous bleeding from the abdominal wound occurred and the patient died. Postmortem analysis of transudate and tissue demonstrated a DENV secondary infection of the patient and a gallbladder wall thickening (GBWT) due to an extensive edema.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22002736 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0208-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infection ISSN: 0300-8126 Impact factor: 3.553