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ArticleBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud2020

Importance of clinical and laboratory characteristics in the diagnosis of dengue and chikungunya co-infection: Probable case report

Berta Nelly Restrepo, Margarita Arboleda, Katerine Marín, Paola Romero, Ana Luisa Muñoz, Irene Bosch

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Article in Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Berta Nelly RestrepoInstituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical-Universidad CES, Sabaneta, Colombia. brestrepo@ces.edu.co.
Margarita ArboledaInstituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical-Universidad CES, Apartadó, Colombia. biomedica@ins.gov.co.
Katerine MarínInstituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical-Universidad CES, Sabaneta, Colombia. biomedica@ins.gov.co.
Paola RomeroInstituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical-Universidad CES, Sabaneta, Colombia. biomedica@ins.gov.co.
Ana Luisa MuñozGrupo de Ingeniería de Biología Celular y Funcional y Biomoléculas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. biomedica@ins.gov.co.
Irene BoschInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States of América. biomedica@ins.gov.co.

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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.

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AdultChikungunya FeverChikungunya virusDengueDengue VirusFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin MPain MeasurementSerologic TestsSymptom AssessmentImmunoglobulin MarthralgiaChikungunya fevercoinfectionColombiadenguehyperpigmentation

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