| Literature DB >> 33030825 |
Berta Nelly Restrepo1, Margarita Arboleda2, Katerine Marín3, Paola Romero3, Ana Luisa Muñoz4, Irene Bosch5.
Abstract
We report the case of a 38-year-old woman who initially consulted for an undifferentiated fever. Although her clinical condition evolved with signs and symptoms compatible with dengue with alarm signs and that the anti-dengue IgM detection in a single sample indicated it was a probable case that could have happened during the previous three months, the patient kept consulting due to little improvement. On the tenth day after the onset of symptoms, she presented with painful polyarticular symmetric edema, as well as hyperpigmented lesions in the nasolabial fold. Chikungunya diagnosis was confirmed by the presence of IgM antibodies. In endemic countries for dengue and chikungunya, the possibility of co-infection exists, but it may go unnoticed. On the other hand, the co-infection may worsen the clinical course of these diseases. Therefore, physicians should evaluate the clinical and laboratory characteristics of both infections to be able to diagnose the coinfection for adequate management and to minimize complications.Entities:
Keywords: Chikungunya fever; dengue; coinfection; arthralgia; hyperpigmentation; Colombia
Year: 2020 PMID: 33030825 PMCID: PMC7666862 DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.5085
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biomedica ISSN: 0120-4157 Impact factor: 0.935
Evolución de los hallazgos de laboratorio en una paciente con infección concomitante por dengue y chikungunya
| Hallazgos de laboratorio | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5° | 6° | 7° | 10° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 17° | |
| Hematocrito (%) | 41,1 | 51,1 | 49,4 | 37,5 | 43,9 | - | 38,9 | 37,0 |
| Hemoglobina (g/dl) | 15 | 15 | 14,5 | 13,3 | 12,4 | - | 11,6 | 12,6 |
| Plaquetas (células/109/L) | 93 | 93 | 113 | 184 | 306 | - | 292 | 389 |
| Leucocitos (células/mm3) | 2.800 | - | 4.200 | 4.520 | 5.200 | - | 6.600 | - |
| Neutrófilos (células/mm3) | 1.400 | - | 2.700 | 2.214 | 2.800 | - | 4.100 | - |
| Linfocitos (células/mm3) | 1.100 | - | 1.000 | 1.853 | 1.900 | - | 2.000 | |
| AST(U/L) | - | 116,7 | - | 109 | 71 | - | 36 | 18,9 |
| ALT(U/L) | - | 112 | - | 195 | 150 | - | 103 | 52,0 |
| Bilirrubina total (mg/dl) | - | 0,71 | - | 0,42 | 0,54 | - | 0,56 | 0,24 |
| Bilirrubina directa (mg/dl) | - | 0,29 | - | 0,31 | 0,42 | - | 0,47 | 0,09 |
| Bilirrubina indirecta (mg/dl) | - | 0,42 | - | - | 0,12 | - | - | 0,15 |
| CPK (UI/L) | - | - | - | - | - | 110 | - | - |
Rangos normales: hemoglobina: 12-17 g/dl; hematocrito: 40-50 %; plaquetas: 150-600/109/L; leucocitos totales: 4,000-12,000 células/mm3; neutrófilos: 3,500-11,000 células/mm3; linfocitos: 1,300- 4,000 células/mm3; aspartato-aminotransferasa (AST): 10-34 U/L; alanino-aminotransferasa (ALT): 5-59 U/L; bilirrubina total: 0,3-1,9 mg/dl; bilirrubina directa: 0-3 mg/dl; bilirrubina indirecta: menos de 1,0 mg/dl; creatinina cinasa (CPK): 0 y 170 UI/L
Figura 1Hiperpigmentación en el surco nasogeniano en el décimo día del inicio de síntomas