RESUMEN Introducción: Existen más de 390 millones de personas infectadas y 20 000 muertes anualmente a causa del dengue en el mundo. El chikungunya ocasionó una larga epidemia en las Américas con más de 2 millones y medio de casos hasta el 2017. Objetivo: Identificar las características sociodemo...
Resumen Introducción: La distinción clínica entre infecciones arbovirales y las provocadas por rickettsias es crucial para iniciar el tratamiento médico apropiado. Objetivo: Comparar las diferencias entre fiebre manchada de las Montañas Rocosas (FMMR) y otras enfermedades transmitidas por vector (...
Fiebre Chikungunya/complicaciones,
Fiebre Chikungunya/diagnóstico,
Fiebre Chikungunya/mortalidad,
Estudios Transversales,
Dengue/complicaciones,
Dengue/diagnóstico,
Dengue/mortalidad,
Diagnóstico Diferencial,
México/epidemiología,
Fiebre Maculosa de las Montañas Rocosas/complicaciones,
Fiebre Maculosa de las Montañas Rocosas/diagnóstico,
Fiebre Maculosa de las Montañas Rocosas/mortalidad,
Evaluación de Síntomas
Abstract The authors present a case of dengue fever mimicking rubella. Male patient, in the second episode of dengue fever, presented afebrile, with diffuse morbilliform rash and craniocaudal progression, having subsequently affected his palms and soles. On the third day of clinical evolution, serologies...
Abstract There have been several clinical manifestations associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection since 2019, including dermatological signs and symptoms. In this article, the authors report a case of a previously healthy patient with COVID-19 who was mistakenly diagnosed with dengue fever due to a skin rash...
The early symptoms of leptospirosis and dengue fever are difficult to distinguish and can cause diagnostic confusion. Due to the large dengue epidemics that has occurred in Brazil in recent years, it is possible that cases of leptospirosis were unreported. Therefore, we performed a retrospective study to...
Saatkamp, Cassiano Junior;
Rodrigues, Luís Reginaldo Ribeiro;
Pereira, Andrew Mairom Nogueira;
Coelho, João Alberto;
Marques, Rose Grace Brito;
Souza, Victor Costa de;
Nascimento, Valdinete Alves do;
Saatkamp, Jamille Gomes dos Santos;
Naveca, Felipe Gomes;
Figueiredo, Regina Maria Pinto de.
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Dengue presents with a variable clinical course, ranging from mild illness to potentially fatal hemorrhage and shock. We aimed to evaluate the capabilities of various hematological parameters observed early in the course of illness for predicting the clinical outcomes of illness....
Ribeiro, Marisa O.;
Godoy, Daniela T.;
Fontana-Maurell, Marcela;
Costa, Elaine M.;
Andrade, Elisabete F.;
Rocha, Daniele R.;
Ferreira, Antônio G.P.;
Brindeiro, Rodrigo;
Tanuri, Amilcar;
Alvarez, Patrícia.
ABSTRACT In response to the Zika epidemics in Brazil, the ZDC molecular assay (Bio-Manguinhos) was developed and registered at the Brazilian Regulatory Agency of Health Surveillance - ANVISA. The circulation of Zika (ZIKV) Dengue (DENV) and Chikungunya (CHIKV) viruses and their clinical similarities are ...
Araújo, Leonardo José Tadeu de;
Gonzalez, Lorenzo Lang;
Buss, Lewis Fletcher;
Guerra, Juliana Mariotti;
Gomez, David Salas;
Ferreira, Camila Santos da Silva;
Cirqueira, Cinthya Santos;
Ghillardi, Fábio;
Witkin, Steven S;
Sabino, Ester Cerdeira.
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance of post mortem laboratory analysis in identifying the causes of hemorrhagic fever and/or neuroinvasive disease in deaths by arbovirus infection. METHODS Retrospective cross-sectional study based on the differential analysis and final outcome obtained in ...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Cerebrospinal fluid analysis contributes to the diagnosis and neuropathogenesis of neuroinvasive arboviruses. Neurological complications caused by dengue, Zika, and chikungunya infections have high clinical relevance because of their high potential to cause death or neurological d...
